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[...] , an estimated 200,000-250,000 people, fled to Vietnam by early 1975. With the coming of the Khmer Rouge, it of course got worse. Most of the remaining Vietnamese, approximately 170,000 people, were [...]

[...] of remorseless fighting, the Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh in April 1975, and forcibly evacuated the capital city. It banned things [...]

[...] to express their grievances, the government response is often aggressive and violent. 5) Khmer Rouge tribunal The Khmer Rouge regime was ultimately responsible for the deaths of approximately 1.5 [...]

[...] , either told or forgotten. Battambang itself has an interesting monument to the legacy of the Khmer Rouge – informative, respectful and free from Scambodia style entrepreneurship. Wat Somrong [...]

[...] Pedro Milladino continues to munch his way through myriad varieties of rustic Khmer nosh in the second part [...]

[...] . Loud Khmer music, no beer and a token white man- somehow, for once I almost enjoyed myself. Pedro Milladino [...]

[...] own body by dawn. Knowledge is power, my friends, so don’t say I didn’t warn you. Pedro Milladino [...]

[...] about them. But for now, be safe and don’t have nightmares about dogs, pigs or poultry. Pedro Milladino [...]

[...] Nathan Thompson examines the customer demographic at Brown Coffee in Phnom Penh. I’m a coffee shop [...]

[...] After a twelve-month stint in-country, Nathan Thompson is leaving Cambodia and returning to the UK. In his final K440 article, he reflects on the [...]

[...] with Costa, Brown, Gloria Jean, Spinelli and other soulless, corporate Starbucks wannabees? Nathan Thompson reviews the homely Khmer coffee shops in his village many miles away from the glitz of Phnom [...]

[...] Vice and Slate writer Nathan Thompson encounters a disconcerting side of Khmer rural life: the treatment of stray animals The dog [...]

[...] in for questioning and processing. More on this story can be found on this K440 forum thread. Khmer news from CEN translated by Porky Pig South African Man Drowns Off Koh Rong Samloem Tuesday, 17 June [...]

[...] ចន អ៊ីនដ្រូ (John Andrew), a 36 year old American male, currently employed with an NGO. Khmer news from the Koh Santepheap translated by Porky Pig More on this K440 forum thread. [...]

[...] ) stated that the Canadian man might possibly face the charge of purchasing sex from a minor. Khmer news from the Koh Santepheap translated by Porky Pig Editors Note Scott Vadim is not a common name, [...]

[...] ចាប សាយហ៊ាង (Chap Saiheang), a 55 year old Cambodian man. More details here on the K440 forum. Khmer news from DAP translated by Porky Pig [...]

Tim LaRocco looks at the NGO industry in Cambodia and finds a remarkable man a world away from the fat salaries, colonial lifestyles and dishonest fun [...]

In the wake of Thailand’s most recent coup d’état, the last few months have brought news that the new military regime would begin cracking down o [...]

Tim LaRocco opines on his impending return to Cambodia as an expat I’m a New Yorker born and bred, and thus, a creature of particular routines and [...]

[...] of Angkor beer. I took a mug of beer myself and sat down to read an article in the Phnom Penh Post about the goings-on in a rehab detention centre: torture, beatings, people being [...]

[...] the expense and difficulties of extraditing these fugitives from foreign lands. The Phnom Penh Post has reported that Glenn was, in fact, wanted in the United States for “drugs charges.” [...]

[...] Monday’s edition of the Phnom Penh Post included an article about Sebastian Reuiji, a Dutch convicted pedophile who was recently [...]

[...] remains a mystery to the guiding site archaeologist, Dr. Damian Evans, who noted in the Phnom Penh Post recently that the terraform is self-contained and not linked to outer landscape systems of [...]

[...] . Whether this is due to the fact that I was a woman alone, or that my first exposure to Cambodian culture ended in violent tragedy, I don’t know. I don’t really want to know. Every time [...]

[...] , interesting. Not bad, just different from the ways I am used to. The social nuances in Cambodian culture are portrayed so bluntly on the Facebook, and at the same time the very same nuances are so [...]

[...] to sink into depression because if they did, they’d starve to death. But certainly, Cambodian culture does afford a place for the poor so even those on the bottom rung of the ladder have access [...]

[...] . But whatever the reason, it is clear that consumption of alcohol is a common part of Cambodian culture yet Cambodia has very little to offer those with alcohol dependency. There are a number of [...]