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ARCHIVES
Feature
- Cambodia's Human
Trafficking
Young Cambodian girls being lied to or enticed by boyfriends or friends
of the family into prostitution under the guise of getting a job in
a garment factory or as a waitress. POVERTY is the ROOT CAUSE. Some
people in rural villages live under a tree without cover from the
elements.
Feature
- "Dr. Beat" - Free Health Care For Cambodian Children
"He gave his life for this," an American from the city of Chicago
said of the performer of a music concert. . He…is,
Dr. Beat Richner who was about to perform a solo cello concert. The
this... the tourist was referring
to, be Jayavarman VII Hospital in Siem Reap, Cambodia. For the past
ten years Richner has raised funds and has overseen construction of
three Kantha Bopha Children's Hospitals in Cambodia. He is the founder
and acting head of the facilities that give medical treatment to Cambodia's
children FOR FREE.
DIGITAL
DIVIDE DATA (DDD) - Bridging The Digital Gap... Of Have And Have Nots
New businesses that involve the Internet are emerging
in Cambodia providing jobs for some of its 11 million people. One
such company Digital Divide Data (DDD) was created to bridge the digital
gap. It is a situation where the DDD haves are bringing work opportunities
to the have not Khmers.
OPERATION
SMILE Helps Cambodian Children
A team of American surgeons performed cleft lip and
cleft palate operations on some of Cambodia's children for free.
"A
WOUNDED LIFE" A Young Khmer Girl Is Sold Into Prostitution
Sex trafficking is an issue in many parts of Asia. "A Wounded Life"
is a theatrical production from true case studies of a young Khmer
girl tricked and sold into prostitution.
CAMBODIA'S
"Killing Fields" HUMAN SKULL MAP DISMANTLED
The maps 300 skulls and bones represented the grim results of an estimated
1.7 million people who were tortured and murdered in Po Pots Khmer
Rouge Killing Fields from 1975-79.
Feature
- Jim Murray (1919-1998) -
Pulitzer
Prize columnist and cofounder of Sports Illustrated Magazine -
My recollection of my first encounter with Murray was in the Rose
Bowl press box, early on in my sports journalism career when he graciously
shared his thoughts on writing. Here was an legend in his own time
taking time to share his thoughts with someone who was new in the
business and trying to figure out what was going on.
Travel
Tips - Phnom Penh - Elizabeth Becker
- An Exercise In Democracy
- Faces & Places - May 2005
Elizabeth Becker was the guest April 18th at
Pannasastra University of Cambodia's South Campus. She is an award winning
author of the book "When The War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge
Revolution." Becker
is currently a journalist with the New Your Times. She was previously
with the Washington Post. Becker also served as the Senior Foreign Editor
for NPR (National Public Radio) in the US. She has 25 years of experience
covering Cambodia.
Travel
Tips Phnom Penh -
FORMER
US AMBASSADOR TO LAOS CHARLES B. SALMON JR. ADDRESSES
AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY @ UNIVERSITY OF CAMBODIA
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May, 2004
Former
US Ambassador Charles B. Salmon Jr. Addresses American Foreign Policy
- Changes At Phnom Penh's Riverfront - NAGA Moves - Olympic Stadium
Properties For Sale - Who Is Teaching, Training and Influencing The
Youth Of Cambodia? - Phnom Penh's Traffic Barriers - Khmer Dining -
NR Readers Visit NR - NR Mail
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More Phnom Penh...
Travel
Tips - Phnom Penh - GOLD QUEST: A Pyramid Scheme
Or What? - Faces &
Places - April 2005
Gold Quest
have a history of being criticized as being a pyramid scheme. It's an
image they would like to clean up. Whatever
one might think about the ethics of the company one thing that was evident
was the thinking of the IR's. It
requires organization, planning and working together. For
Cambodia… that's a good thing.
Travel
Tips - Phnom Penh (Ah)
ARCHIVES - Bill
Herod Assists Repatriated Cambodians -
September,
2003
Herod
is best known as the person that brought the Internet to Cambodia. Herod
has now taken on a new challenge, he formed Return Assistance Project
(RAP) that helps repatriated Cambodians adjust to their country. Finding
out what they can do and where they can be placed is the task at hand.
""We have to keep trying ideas one at a time until it works," Herod
said. "We brainstorm basically. It's not unusual for them to say they
have no skills, they've been in gangs and jails." -
AP's Chris Dechard Rehabs -
Love FM Changes -
More Phnom Penh...
Consumer
Reports - July 2004 - Duped In Bangkok
Do
Thai's Accept Responsibility? After spending time and money to travel
to a country a TOURIST VALUES THEIR PICTURES. In Bangkok an Internet
shop owner denies responsibility for erasing the pictures from a memory
card. Read on...Thai Police Harass Tourists
Though tourism is an important part of Thailand's economy Thai police
are harassing tourists.
"Travel
Tips Thailand" - December 2001 - Trouble
In Bangkok - Tourists are receiving a rough time of it from
non hospitable Thais.
TRAVEL
TIPS - THAILAND - February 28, 2002 - "Thailand Proposes Three
Country Golf Course - Foreigners Face Expulsion
In an effort to promote upscale tourism Thailand has proposed to build
a golf course called the Emerald Triangle that will be situated where
the borders of Thailand, Cambodia and Laos meet. The problem is land
mines. ``No Entry! Danger Zone!'' signs warn visitors that the region
is heavily mined.... FOREIGNERS FACE EXPULSION: When traveling
into an area a tourist is wise to factor in the political climate of
the country they will be visiting. Events in Thailand are bringing into
focus their tightening of controls on foreigners. Two journalists for
the Far Eastern Economic Review magazine were given notice to leave
the country for an article they wrote.
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