Tag: Cambodia
Southeast Asia Was Hit By a Record-Breaking Disaster; It Was Called the United States
In the United States people call it “the Vietnam war.” In Vietnam and other souteast Asian countries, it’s called the American war.
Cambodia Targeted by Globalists for “Color Revolution”?
Prime Minister Hun Sen has acted to prevent Cambodia from becoming subservient to Washington, which makes his government a target for regime change.
The End of Nominal Democracy in Cambodia
The CPP’s bullying of the press has set Cambodian democracy back decades and cemented the party as the dominant force of Cambodian politics.
The History of Economic Relations Between China and Cambodia
Over the past two decades, as China has grown to become a global economic power, it has positioned itself as Cambodia’s most important economic partner.
Greece: Sound and Fury Signifying Much
The austerity agreements serve as a cover for the looting of the Greek people.
International Realities and Philippine Foreign Policy Under Ferdinand Marcos
President Ferdinand Marcos managed to effectively meet the primary goals of Philippine foreign policy during his presidency.
A Visit to The Killing Fields and Tuol Sleng Museum
My destination was The Killing Fields, a lasting legacy of the auto-genocide planned and executed by the Khmer Rouge and its psychotic leader Pol Pot.
Khun Khmer: Cambodian Martial Art Diary by Antonio Graceffo
American author Antonio Graceffo traverses Cambodia to reveal Bokator in Khun Khmer: Cambodian Martial Arts Diary.
Convicted Sex Offender Arrested After Fleeing Investigation Into Cambodian ‘Charity’
A British man who ran an unregistered charity outside of Phnom Penh was arrested by Royal Thai Police in Bangkok on Sunday after the London Daily Mirror exposed his prior conviction for the statutory rape of a 15 year old girl....
Has Vietnam Lost the Struggle for Freedom?
A “no win” policy was pursued to allow the communists (nationalists) to take Vietnam in its entirety to form a unified state. The motive of “no-win” war policy was to force Vietnam seek credit and economic development via international finance.
A beautiful Khmer baby named Ann Marie
Twenty days after Ann Marie was born, her mother passed away from AIDS-related complications. There is a high probability that Ann Marie is HIV positive. It is hoped that she has relatives who may come to visit her one day, but this is not a certainty because none of her relatives know where she is.
Getting My Butt Handed to Me
Forget the black belt tests. How do you grade yourself? After all, the only grading that matters is the one you give yourself.
ALG Khmer Language Picture Story
Linguist and author Antonio Graceffo uses ALG concepts to learn Khmer language through picture stories. The pictures and an English retelling of the story create a context to make the foreign language input comprehensible. There is no actual translation, but there is contextualization.
Learning A Language Through Another Foreign Language
Studying a foreign language through the medium of another foreign language appears to have a number of benefits.
Book Review: Golden Leaf – A Khmer Rouge Genocide Survivor
Golden Leaf wonderfully depicts the struggles and subsequent victories of a remarkable human being, and will inspire readers because it reaches deep into our souls.
I Like My English Grilled: A Video Biography of Students in Rural Cambodia
There were many things I really wanted to hear from the students. What did they love most about Cambodia? Where in the world did they want to visit? What were their ambitions?
Smoky Mountain Estate – Returning to Steung Meanchey Waste Dump
In the wet season of 2008, David Calleja presented A Garbage Diet. This provided an insight into Steung Meanchey, home to hundreds of residents living on a rubbish dump on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. For his second visit in January 2009 during the dry season, David joins members of the recently formed NGO named CHOICE, speaks with children and captures images of the site marked for closure, leaving residents facing an uncertain future.
Remnants of the Khmer Rouge
While S-21 is the most infamous of Khmer Rouge prisons, the KR maintained more than one hundred other prisons in Cambodia, of which there is only one survivor.
Van Nat, the Painter of S-21
Van Nat was taken to S 21, where he was also tortured, and where he was still not informed of charged against him. One-day, guards took him from his cell and locked him in a workshop, where he was instructed to paint a portrait of Pol Pot.
The Anti-Empire Report
William Blum’s Anti-Empire Report for March 2009
