Free Video Editing Training This Month, In Phnom Penh

Video Editing

Note: I receive this information from a friend. For more information, please contact IOM office in Phnom Penh via this link. Are you interested in video editing, shooting, and journalism stuff? Here is one of the best opportunities and more importantly, it's for free! The program is offered by International Organization for Migration associated with Italian channel - RAI. Duration of the study: For weekdays, it will be in the evening from … [Read more...]

Inside Info on Cambodia News and Magazines [Video]

I found video below few days ago on Facebook. It is a very good report that provides inside information about Cambodia local newspapers and magazines. I don't personally read Khmer Magazine. The only newspaper I read everyday is The Phnom Penh Post. I feel Cambodia newspapers and magazines are missing the beyond and behind stories. I wrote few short stories because I wanted to see people change their behaviors. At least I provoke them to regret, … [Read more...]

Cambodia Online Newspaper

Cambodia Online Newspaper

I finally purchased the Pro version of Paper.li for Cambodia Online Newspaper. The main reason is to be able to accommodate such a great collection to our own domain http://news.khmerbird.com. The fee of being a Pro version for Cambodia Online Newspaper is 9$ per month. With the Pro version, we can also send full content via email subscription. If you are interested in getting daily updates on what's happening in Cambodia, don't miss the email … [Read more...]

Why Self-Development Is So Important For Cambodia To Grow?

Self-development

I still believe even these days that self-development of each Cambodian will bring a big impact to the nation. Why? We used to be the victim of big ideas. Many times and many years. We should stop now. It's time to wake up. It's time to define our own destiny. For better or worst, we need to stop letting other country to decide what's good for us! We should know what we need and we need to plan necessary steps to reach our goals. It will … [Read more...]

Historical Mapping and the US Bombardment of Cambodia [Video]

Historical Mapping and the US Bombardment of Cambodia

This is not new to me but I must write this post to keep the record so that others Cambodian and American people know what happened to Cambodia in the past. Some weeks ago, as I mentioned in my Cambodia Travel Weekly News, some American people don't know any detail of US Bombardment of Cambodia. This video just released today from International Conference of Crisis Mappers 2012. The study was conducted by Taylor Owen as a project for his … [Read more...]

Has Law in Cambodia Gone Insane?

Map produced by LICADHO showing 500-meter buffer zones from education institutions (black squares)

Cambodia to close every internet cafes that are located within 500 meters from school. Any kind of game will not be allowed in any internet cafe. This is the new circular signed by Minister of Post and Telecommunications, dated 12 November 2012 (Source). I totally support the ideas behind this circular. But I think to restrict games and pornography from those internet cafes, it is not necessary to close the internet cafes. Moreover if we apply … [Read more...]

Cambodia Travel Weekly News: The Quiet American

Obama the quiet American

Cambodia Travel highlights this week: announce of Cambodia Daily News, Obama is a quiet American during his visit to Cambodia, Does the U.S. Owe Cambodia an Apology? and The Rule of Law – an Example. I didn't have much time to work on this Sunday edition due to my son was sick. He needs to take serious medicine every 4 hours. At the time when I post his photo yesterday, he was getting a lot better. He had fever and cold. Here are the few … [Read more...]

Cambodia Travel Weekly News: ASEAN Summit 2012

President Obama and McKayla Maroney

Cambodia Travel news this week highlight: This week is an exciting week for Cambodia. We organized ASEAN Summit 2012 in Phnom Penh. The meeting should be started today and finished on 20 November 2012. We also have a famous backpacker Dave Dean who arrived in Cambodia and spent few nights at Otres beach. I was surprised when I heard the guest house had a reliable power and internet connection. That is something very cool. It was a pleasure to … [Read more...]

Cambodia Travel Weekly News: 59th Anniversary of Independence

Siem Reap, Cambodia

This is the 2nd KhmerBird Sunday Edition. I want to change the title to Cambodia Travel Weekly News because it might help to spread the message out via search engines. Do let me know if you have any comment on the new title. It was a great week, especially for KhmerBird. We appeared on the most popular local newspaper The Phnom Penh Post in an article: Star bloggers: the top five. Thank to Claire Knox for the article. We should also do another … [Read more...]

Questions On Move To Cambodia

It's nice to hear that many people want to move to Cambodia and start their own business. But as the same time, I started to receive questions from KhmerBird visitors related to doing business in Cambodia. I think it would be nice to have a post that I will keep updating to collect all the questions related to topic. Then I would need your help to spread out to your friends who are lawyers, bankers or business advisers in Cambodia. I will try to … [Read more...]