While limousines from official delegations enter the gates, people are camping outside the Royal Palace in the hope of being allowed to get in and greet the remains of King Norodom Sihanouk who passed away on October 15th. Donations of water bottles and food come from all sides to feed those who stay overnight. All […]
About 2000 buddhist monks, joined by many other Cambodians, gathered in front of the Royal Palace to meditate on the occasion of King Norodom Sihanouk’s passing away on October 15th. All the photographs of these past days can be found at this link.
The crowd paying tribute to King Norodom Sihanouk in front of the Royal Palace is not diminishing. Volunteers are collecting donations of food and drinking water to distribute to the population (and the police forces). All the photographs of the funeral are to be found at this link.
People continue to gather at the park in front of the Royal Palace to pay tribute to the deceased King Norodom Sihanouk whose remains were brought back from Beijing yesterday. The link to this story can be found here.
An extended edit of yesterday’s funeral procession of King Norodom Sihanouk is now available on my website at this link. This story will likely be updated in the coming days. Stay tuned…
Attended by thousands in the streets of Phnom Penh, the funeral procession carrying the remains of King Norodom Sihanouk arrived at the Royal Palace.
King Norodom Sihanouk dies in Beijing, age 89. ‘Papa’, as he called himself, has gone…
This year the Cambodian Government granted three extra free days for the factory workers not working in their home province to go back and forth to their home village for the Pchum Ben celebrations (see more here) and two days to those who have a job in the same province as their village. As a […]