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January 7th 1979, Cambodia. Victory over Genocide Day
Last week we celebrated Victory over Genocide Day, with 7 January, 1979 being the day that the Vietnamese military overthrew Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime in Phnom Penh. Here are some photos that we...
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Back on track in Cambodia
For me, the sight that most encapsulated the rebirth of passenger services in Cambodia was the two young children, travelling on a train for the very first time, accompanied by their grandfather or...
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Solo Man Mark Coutelas arrested on ice charges
From being a familiar face on Australian television, to chiropractor, to drugs busts in Sihanoukville – it’s a pretty steep decline over a couple of decades. The star of the iconic Australian tv...
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Mekong Shadows
In 2012, a collection of short stories called ‘Phnom Penh Noir’ was released, edited by the highly talented Christopher G. Moore, author of the Vincent Calvino series of books (as well as some very...
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Otres Beach Murder Remains Unsolved & Killer Still at Large
Over two years have passed since a brutal killing shocked the relaxed residents of Otres. With the prime suspect recently released without charge and the investigation seemingly closed in both Cambodia...
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Cam-Beer-Dia! A Look at Cambodia’s Beer Market
It is an indisputable fact that Cambodians love their beer. Whether it’s a simple get-together between friends or a lavish wedding ceremony, it seems that there is always an occasion to crack a can,...
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Mini-Marts I Know and Love – Camko City
Cambodia is changing. On the way out are the wretched, the desperate, the runaways, alkies and deathpats. They don’t suit the new ‘developed’ status that the country now is hell-bent on portraying,...
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7 Reasons to Not Buy a Business in Cambodia
According to the World Bank, Cambodia has the following scores out of 190 countries with regards to doing business: Over all ease of doing business rank: 135 Paying taxes: 136 Starting a business: 183...
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Update: Would the U.S. State Department cover up a bar fight involving an...
Last year, I wrote an article bitching and moaning about the U.S. State Department’s stonewalling response to my Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request for documents about a bar fight involving...
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What is a ‘VoIP Scam’?
Telephone fraud has been around a long time. The phone offers anonymity between shyster and mark, a separation which makes lies easier to tell and simpler to swallow. Ever since the 1960’s hard sales...
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