Cambodia
A community portal about Cambodia with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in Southeast Asia with a population of more than 13 million. Cambodia is the successor state of the once... [more]
A community portal about Cambodia with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in Southeast Asia with a population of more than 13 million. Cambodia is the successor state of the once powerful Hindu and Buddhist Khmer Empire, which ruled most of the Indochinese Peninsula between the 11th and 14th centuries.
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The years of fear and loathing are over. Right now, Cambodia is just about as hot as it gets on the global travel map. Peace has come to this beautiful yet blighted land after three decades of war, and the Cambodian people are embracing the world. Tourism is taking of, but a journey to this little kingdom is still one of Asia’s genuine adventures.Contemporary Cambodia is the successor state to the mighty Khmer empire, which during the Angkor period (9th to 15th centuries) ruled much of what...
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ENTERING THE COUNTRY Cambodia has two international gateways for arrival by air, Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, and a healthy selection of land borders with neighboring Thailand, Vietnam and Laos. Formalities at Cambodia’s international airports are traditionally smoother than at land borders, as the volume of traffic is greater. Crossing at land borders is relatively easy, but immigration officers may try and wangle some extra cash, either for your visa or via some other scam. Stand your...
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About 2 months ago, on August 27, a heavy storm hit the Phnom Penh region in Cambodia, causing structural damage at the Children’s Relief Center - in particular, the school house roof (pictured here), the parking hut (pictured below), and the stable for the chicken, geese, oxen, and cows. Fortunately, no one was injured in the storm.
Carolina Hope has a long-standing relationship with the Children’s Relief Center (CRC). The orphanage director assists Carolina Hope families who adopt from...
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Sorry for those who think that Preah Vihear incident is a international issue, you should wake up from longest dream, and face the fact that, it is not about Thai or Cambodian, it s about Riches and Poors, this incident is just part of the deal about devlopment of Cambodia promising islands and...
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Well, I’m not Thai and I’m not Cambodian.
This is a difficult issue and I don’t want to offend anyone. However, Thailand is fighting a losing issue. The 1962 decision awarded the temple complex to Cambodia based on the border.
On top of that, Preah Vihear is a Khmer temple built during the...
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In Cambodia today, more than 150,000 people are threatened with eviction. Forty-five percent of the country's entire landmass has been sold off - including the land around Angkor Wat, expansive forested areas, the colonial buildings of Phnom Penh and islands off the south coast.
People live on...
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A decade ago the capital Phnom Penh didn't even have one traffic light, now high-rise condos and offices are springing up as investors rake in the profits.
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PHNOM PENH, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Dengue, the mosquito-borne illness that claimed the lives of more than 400 Cambodian children, has proven to be less of a menace so far this year, English-Khmer language newspaper the Cambodian Daily said Friday. From ...
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Australia will allocate more than 30 million Australian dollars over the next four years to bring electricity to rural Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos. A ustralian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says thousands of rural households in Cambodia will be ...
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Members of a fishing family in Cambodia's "Vietnam Village" mend their nets. Fishing is their main livelihood.
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Hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s so strange that thai never nown their own history. How stupid is that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It should of known by now that Preah Vihear temple is Khmer’s. It’s so sad for thai people to have done such a shamefull action to Cambodia. Purity is never be mixed, Thai used to...
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In Cambodia today, more than 150,000 people are threatened with eviction. Forty-five percent of the country's entire landmass has been sold off - including the land around Angkor Wat, expansive forested areas, the colonial buildings of Phnom Penh and ...
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To a Thai,
What rule? The rule is not set by Cambodians and I don know who posts the topic; his name and his background suggest that he is not a khmer.
Although some use strong words, that is not obscene or racist or hatred. They could have used much worse words than this with their anger and...
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