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TEDx ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’ Just Around the Corner

Posted January 25th, 2011 at 6:56 pm (UTC+7)
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Bun Tharum An ambitious conference to generate ideas on building Cambodia’s future will take place next month in Phnom Penh, where thinkers and doers will talk about Internet activism, social entrepreneurship, roles of arts and culture in Cambodian society and sustainable solutions to capacity building. The TEDx Phnom Penh conference, set for Feb. 5, is […]

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Blocked Blog Sites Stir Censorship Concerns

Posted January 20th, 2011 at 8:28 pm (UTC+7)
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Bun Tharum, Pich Samnang Failed connections to blogs across numerous Internet service providers—including a prominent dissident site—has Cambodian web users seeking answers from their providers and the government. Apparent blocked access to KI Media in all cases, and to all of Google’s blogspot sites in some cases, also raised worries that government censorship moved online […]

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Cambodians and Facebook, a Love Story

Posted January 6th, 2011 at 3:04 pm (UTC+7)
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Bun Tharum, Phnom Penh This week Facebook announced $500 million in investment from Goldman Sachs. This put the value of Facebook at $50 billion, affirming its popularity among many Internet users around the world. Cambodia is no different, and in the past six months, the number of Facebook users here has skyrocketed. Cambodians use Facebook […]

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Bun Tharum is a freelance journalist, blogger, and digital media specialist. Blogging since 2005, he’s been a contributing-writer for Global Voices Online, Asian Correspondent, and several other print publications. His main interests are information and communication technologies for development and online media. Tharum’s base is Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s largest capital city.

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