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Cambodia's Annual Royal Ploughing Ceremony - Phnom Penh

A ceremony is held to foresee the year's harvest. A representative of King Norodom Sihamoni ploughs a symbolic field. Then two oxen are...

by LoicBahuaud in Cambodia on 09/05/2012

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Slum dwellers cling onto homes to prevent demolition by developers

The Phnom Penh Borei Keila community was, prior to 2003, a poverty dwelling for around 1800 households. Only a handful of residents have escaped...

by Stephen Ford in Cambodia on 17/04/2012

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Last remaining squatters in the Borei Keila slum again avoid eviction

Police Officers and district officials failed to evict the final inhabitants living in the Borei Keila slum in Phnom Penh. Strong opposition from the...

by Stephen Ford in Cambodia on 16/04/2012

09/05/2012 - Cambodia's Annual Royal Ploughing Ceremony - Phnom Penh - Cambodia - A ceremony is held to foresee the year...
17/04/2012 - Slum dwellers cling onto homes to prevent demolition by developers - Cambodia - The Phnom Penh Borei Keila community...
16/04/2012 - Last remaining squatters in the Borei Keila slum again avoid eviction - Cambodia - Police Officers and district officials...
16/04/2012 - Bridge of Death they couldn't face to see demolished - Phnom Penh - Cambodia - In 2011 nearly 400 people died in a...
03/03/2012 - 2000 children offered free dental service - Phnom Penh - Cambodia - Kids international Dental services...
22/01/2012 - Chinese New Year celebration - Cambodia - Chinese New Year celebrations take...
07/01/2012 - Cambodian Independence Day Celebrations - Cambodia - Independence Day celebrations. Phnom...
01/11/2011 - Cambodia embraces International Fashion - Cambodia - Designers and fashionistas from...
30/10/2011 - Cambodia Kicks Off Its First Ever Fashion Week - Cambodia - With a renovated railway station as...
11/09/2011 - Cambodian painter Vann Nath's funeral - Cambodia - Vann Nath's funeral at Kombol...

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Cambodia's Annual Royal Ploughing Ceremony - Phnom Penh

Society

Cambodia's Annual Royal Ploughing Ceremony - Phnom Penh

A ceremony is held to foresee the year's harvest. A representative of King Norodom Sihamoni ploughs a symbolic field. Then two oxen are presented with bowls of food. Their choice o...
by LoicBahuaud, on 9th of May 2012
Bridge of Death they couldn't face to see demolished - Phnom Penh

Our World

Bridge of Death they couldn't face to see demolished - ...

In 2011 nearly 400 people died in a stampede on the newly opened 'Rainbow Bridge' from Phnom Penh city to the Diamond Island. The reason for the death and injury toll has neve...
by Stephen Ford, on 16th of April 2012
Slum dwellers cling onto homes to prevent demolition by developers

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Slum dwellers cling onto homes to prevent demolition by...

The Phnom Penh Borei Keila community was, prior to 2003, a poverty dwelling for around 1800 households. Only a handful of residents have escaped eviction from the slum situated on prime...
by Stephen Ford, on 17th of April 2012
Last remaining squatters in the Borei Keila slum again avoid eviction

Our World

Last remaining squatters in the Borei Keila slum again ...

Police Officers and district officials failed to evict the final inhabitants living in the Borei Keila slum in Phnom Penh. Strong opposition from the tent dwellers on the derelict site ...
by Stephen Ford, on 16th of April 2012
2000 children offered free dental service - Phnom Penh

Society

2000 children offered free dental service - Phnom Penh

Kids international Dental services again visited Cambodia with a full team of Dentists and support staff, seeing over 2000 children and offering free dental treatment to some of the mos...
by Ian Kydd'Miller, on 3rd of March 2012
Chinese New Year celebration

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Chinese New Year celebration

Chinese New Year celebrations take place all over South-East Asia where Chinese influence is and has been of strong importance.Youth participate in the dragon dance in a Chinese temple....
by Aurélien Foucault, on 22nd of January 2012
Cambodian Independence Day Celebrations

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Cambodian Independence Day Celebrations

Independence Day celebrations. Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 7th January 2012
by Ian Kydd'Miller, on 7th of January 2012
Cambodia embraces International Fashion

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Cambodia embraces International Fashion

Designers and fashionistas from Cambodia and across the region attended Cambodia Fashion Week's presentation of Jasmine Boutique's new collection at the poolside of the Raffle...
by Richard Buckley, on 1st of November 2011
Cambodia Kicks Off Its First Ever Fashion Week

Arts & Entertainment

Cambodia Kicks Off Its First Ever Fashion Week

With a renovated railway station as backdrop, fashionistas enjoyed the kickoff of Cambodia Fashion Week 2011. Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 30th October, 2011
by Richard Buckley, on 30th of October 2011
Cambodian painter Vann Nath's funeral

Society

Cambodian painter Vann Nath's funeral

Vann Nath's funeral at Kombol pagoda. Kom Bol, Cambodia. 11th September, 2011
by Lim Sokchanlina, on 11th of September 2011
Kids International Dental Services in Cambodia

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Kids International Dental Services in Cambodia

Kids International Dental Services is an NGO that visits Cambodia annually to provide dental services for some of the poorest children in the country who would otherwise have little or ...
by Ian Kydd'Miller, on 9th of March 2011
Tuol Sleng - Genocide Museum

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Tuol Sleng - Genocide Museum

The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, formerly the Chao Ponhea Yat High School, named after a Royal ancestor of King Norodom Sihanouk, and converted into a prison and interrogation centre by ...
by Ian Kydd'Miller, on 23rd of May 2010
Cheung Ek Genocide Memorial, Cambodia

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Cheung Ek Genocide Memorial, Cambodia

Pictures from Cheung Ek Genocide Memorial in Cambodia. The Killing Fields. 5th September 2011
by Ian Kydd'Miller, on 5th of September 2011
Vann Nath a Khmer Rouge survivor dies at age 66

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Vann Nath a Khmer Rouge survivor dies at age 66

Vann Nath, painter, artist, writer, and human rights activist died on the 5th September. He was also a servivor of the brutal Khmer Rough torture prison also known as Toul Seleng. Phno...
by David Mckee, on 8th of September 2011
US embassy remembers 9/11 - Phnom Penh

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US embassy remembers 9/11 - Phnom Penh

The American Embassy in Phnom Penh holds a remembrance ceremony to those killed in the attacks of 9/11 with ambassador to Cambodia Carol A. Rodley presiding. 11th September 2011
by David Mckee, on 11th of September 2011
Vann Nath's final six works of Art

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Vann Nath's final six works of Art

The last 6 works by artist Vann Nath created at an etching press studio in the Faculty of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh. Vann Nath was one of the survivors from Toul Sleng (S21) prison during t...
by Lim Sokchanlina, on 2nd of September 2011
Recent history still ubiquitous in Cambodia

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Recent history still ubiquitous in Cambodia

While the United Nations backed trial of the four most senior surviving members of Khmer Rouge regime has begun, the Toul Sleng Genocide Museum remains a testament to the crimes of the ...
by Samba Chef, on 22nd of June 2011
Khmer Rouge Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Cambodia

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Khmer Rouge Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Cambodia

The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The site is a former high school which was used as the notorious Security Prison by the Khmer Rouge communist regime from its ris...
by Jeffrey Bright, on 9th of December 2010
Seven members of same family jump into river to escape bridge stampede

Society

Seven members of same family jump into river to escape ...

A 19-year-old ‘hero’ helps to save six other members of his family as they jump from the crush on the diamond bridge into the river below. Malin Dim coordinates his cousins escape from ...
by Stephen Ford, on 27th of November 2010
Injured Phnom Penh crush survivor regains conciousness after 60 hours

Society

Injured Phnom Penh crush survivor regains conciousness ...

Sinara Rim was perhaps the first man to fall in the tragic bridge crush in Phnom Penh. He regained consciousness in hospital 60 hours later. With extensive injuries he remains hospitali...
by Stephen Ford, on 26th of November 2010

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