Boeung Kak Lake residents have been demonstrating out on the streets for most of this week. 6 of them received a summons to appear in front of the Municipal Court. A good occasion to target that building for a demonstration.
Some 250 Boeung Kak Lake residents, 5 of them chained together, and accompanied by a number of residents from the evicted Borei Keila community, walked all the way from the lake to the Japanese Embassy via the US Embassy and the Senate to deliver yet another petition requesting that the authorities clearly mark the 12,44 […]
Right… So some 1000 kids broke the Madison Dance world record in front of Wat Botum last saturday. Great. They are happy. They are proud that Cambodians can achieve such an important feat which I am sure (am I?) will put their country on the front page of the News. And why not? It is […]
This time Chris Kelly has been going through the moves: swiping, tapping and scrolling through ‘Quest for Land‘ like a pro for his first confrontation with an iPad. Chris is a documentary filmmaker and he has been working on the same issues about land grabbings here in Cambodia for the last 3 years. We often […]
‘Quest for Land’ is running on my iPad. I’m picking out people to show it to so they can test it before it will be submitted to Apple for approval. If you’re in Phnom Penh let me know and we can arrange a testing session.
The Bokor Mountain invasion story hit the Cambodia Daily last W.E. Some magazines still publish pictures of mine. That’s a relief…
Lexus and Range Rover are so ‘passé’ in Phnom Penh these days… The latest trend seems to be top class sports cars. Can’t help wondering how many monthly wages from a factory worker are needed to buy these toys. Can’t help wondering how conceited a person can be.
The pictures of the crowds on top of Bokor Mountain celebrating Khmer New Year are on my website… Enjoy here…