"#Cambodia will start work on a controversial US$1.7 billion (S$2.3 billion) canal linking the capital #PhnomPenh to the sea in August, Prime Minister Hun Manet said on May 30. The Chinese-backed Funan Techo canal has sparked fears in neighbouring #Vietnam that it could be used by Chinese warships, and reduce Cambodian dependence on Vietnamese ports.
Cambodia's rivers are getting a much-needed cleanup! A new German technology is removing a whopping 20 tonnes of plastic daily from the Tonlé Sap. This initiative targets not just cleaning the water but protecting fish and public health. #Cambodia#Plastic https://focus-cambodia.com/article/everwave-river-clean-up/
The series provides an #InDepthAnalysis of the idea that human rights violations, armed conflict & #war cause #psychological & #psychiatric outcomes, using the Kingdom’s tragic past to explore themes.
The #antiquities trade has been accused of incentivizing #theft & #looting, especially in unstable parts of the world, and an ecosystem of private collectors, dealers, auction houses and museums has sprung up to handle items of dubious origin. A number of recent U.S. and Europe-based cases have centered on #falsified paperwork.
#Cambodia is one of the most extreme cases. The country’s temples were largely intact before a civil war broke out in the 1970s between government forces and the communist #KhmerRouge. At the time the looting mostly concentrated on #Angkorian and post-Angkorian items. Intense #looting of #prehistoric sites has been a more recent development, dating back to early 2000s.
Sok Eysan, speaker of the #Cambodia People Party, said Cambodian people are lucky to have survived the #genocidal regime & did so thanks to the #KampucheanUnitedFront for National Salvation with the effective support of Vietnamese #VoluntaryTroops.
The provincial Steering Committee for search, collection am& identification of #FallenSoldiers remains in the #MekongDelta province of #LongAn on January 25 held a ceremony at #BìnhHiệp international border gate to receive 34 boxes of remains of #Vietnamese volunteer soldiers & experts who laid down their lives in the battlefields in #Cambodia during #wartime.
As I continue to work through my Cambodia pictures, I’ve decided if a picture strikes me, I’m going to edit it and share it on its own.
While scouting locations at Angkor Wat, we kept finding these beautiful, bare trees. Maybe it’s because I’m a LOTR nerd but these reminded me of the White Tree of Gondor. The fact that there were also a lot of silver, bark trees that reminded me of the Two Trees of Valinor.. yeah, I’m a dork. (;
There’s something about the fragility of somewhat bare trees beginning to bloom that strikes me. If you’ve been following my work for a while, you’ll recognize this theme in my ‘Forbidden Tree’ image. Let me know what you think? Thanks!