So from now on there is a before Obama’s inauguration and there is an after Obama’s inauguration. Not so sure it makes a difference for the Dey Krohom people. Today Lor Seyha was released on bail after having spent 6 months in jail (out of a 3 year term) and welcomed by the Dey Krohom [...]
All right, so it is supposed to be a world event… For a part of the world for sure… Two parties in Phnom Penh tonight (at least) for the inauguration of Barack Obama. One at the Talking to a Stanger bar. Owned by Australians they had a special menu of mozarella fritters. The other venue [...]
The deadline set by the municipality has passed… The remaining inhabitants of Dey Krohom are still in their houses. Waiting… Chan Vichet, their representative who relentlessly and patiently tries to keep the negociating table open, has written a new song… (VIJ2009003)
People at Dey Krohom get ready for the last stand… I’m off to Kep tomorrow morning. But on the motorbike, so I can get back “quickly”…
The situation is unraveling at Dey Krohom. After a PR operation by the Municipality yesterday during a roundtable organised by the Journalist’s Club to explain the situation on the side of the authorities to the press, (read here in Ka-set) pressure is mounting on the 91 remaining families. Well, make that 89: Kong Nay, the [...]
Time for a change… Vandy Rattana will be replacing me as a photographer (most of the time) at Ka-set.info In the remaining 5 or six months here I hope to produce as much as last year, but more focused on the land issues. Means I just might have a few less posts on this blog. [...]
if you live in France… And for those who happen NOT to live in France there is a multimedia slideshow at Ka-set… Rithy Panh’s “Un Barrage contre le Pacifique” is being released tomorrow in the following theatres in France: PARIS : UGC Georges V Gaumont Ambassade UGC Rotonde Gaumont Opéra Français St Lazare Pasquier Mistral [...]
That was nice… 4 days in Kep by the sea. Spreading the toes, invited by friends to sneak into the incredible Knai Ban Chatt resort… Eating crab and shrimps and fish twice a day… A good way to start 2009… (VIJ2009001)