You can’t copy thinking

What is the best way to guarantee that you get good grades? If you are reading this magazine, you know the answer is hard work, but for too many of the country’s student the answer is cheating. Although a culture of cheating is more pervasive...

Briton arrested in Cambodia on child sex

A 50-year-old British man has been arrested for a second time in Cambodia on suspicion of sexually abusing underage girls, one as young as 11, police said on Monday. Michael Julian Leach, from London, was arrested at a guesthouse near Phnom...

Two-day stike end with agreement on half of...

Yesterday morning, I got up early after I had recieved a phone call from my friend who informed me that there would be a protest outside the Vattanac Capital tower on Monivong Boulevard that morning. “Oh, Shit! Why this news start up my...

Motor Cycling in the City (part II)

This is the second time of our traveling, which is usually started after lunch time and often finished around 2pm. Members in the group are the same (Tivea, Makara, Pheaktra, and Me), and our goal is not different. We all want to meet each...

Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country

Tonight, I am very lucky to have watched “Burma VJ” from the start till the end of the screening time at Meta House.  This is a documentary film which you should not miss if you are interested in journalistic work. The film shows a...

‘Microphone’ bomb kills four...

A drunk Cambodian man accidentally detonated an old grenade that he was using as a pretend microphone, killing himself and three other men and wounding three women, police said Tuesday. The rocket-propelled grenade, a remnant of the...

Civil Society Seminar on Human Rights

Over 140 persons join the Seminar on the Role of Civil Society and Human Rights Defenders this morning at Raffles Hotel conference venue. The participants representing local and international NGOs, the Cambodian Government, Embassies...

First Barcamp III Volunteers Meeting

Barcamp III started it’s first meeting with volunteers this afternoon since 3pm until 5pm. This first two hours meeting cannot enable all volunteers from various backgrounds to know each other well, but at least all of them know their...

Surprising Trip to “Phnom Penh...

Walking about five minutes through a narrow street surrounded by old tall buildings and some small shops, we (Me and two other friends) started thinking that it wasn’t the place where our friend recommended us to go. Lots of eyes from...