Sopheap Chak

The world is standing with Burmese people Through networking and assisting of advanced technology including internet and telephone, people had disseminated message around to respond to the violent crackdown on Burmese protestors who have been suppressed by its military-ruled government. “In support of the incredibly brave friends in Burma: May all people around the world [...]

Though it is a little bit late to say thank to Blogher and Techsoup through Beth who brought me a nice bag and shirt during the 2007-August Clogger summit in Cambodia, it is worth that i say now. I have just started to use Blogher’s bag on Thurday last week after my own bag was [...]

It was not surprising if foreigners could give detail of the Khmer Rough Regime while the young generation of Cambodia could not even know if this inhuman regime ever exists, so that the news of Noun Chea’s arrest is not gain much popularity among them (“Arrest Prompts Int’l News Frenzy, Shrugs at Home”, Cambodia Daily, [...]

“An eye for an eye, and soon the whole world is blind”, Mahatma Gandi. This is a quote from Gandi’s movie which i watched it again and again. The movie was used as the tool for leadership and Conflict-resolution training i had attended. I agreed it is a useful tool. From that, it shows how [...]

Art is everything around people’s lives. Compared to life, Art seem to be a breath in which cannot be absent for human being. The way we dress, speak, behave or decorate is the process of how Art works. With art, the life become more wonderful and prosperous; in contrast, the life will be nothing. Can [...]

The 10th ASIAN CARTOON EXHIBITION – “Asian Environmental Issues” 17th -29th September, 2007 (08:00?18:00) [23rd, 24th Sept,2007 (closed)] Place: Cambodia-Japan Cooperation Center (CJCC), Lobby Hall In the campus of RUPP, Russia Blvd, Khan Tuol Kork, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Co-organized by Japan Foundation and CJCC Supported by Embassy of Japan, JICA, Japanese Association of Cambodia (JAC) [...]

Deadlock is political term, like political deadlock!Now i used this term with myself. I do not know what to answer my friends asking how is my senior project for an Economics degree. Once i told them that i am stuck with it, they did not believe me! It is very hard to convince them. They [...]

On 8th August 2007, Fortune magazine reported that Carlos Slim had overtaken Bill Gates as the world’s richest man. Carlos Slim’s estimated fortune soared to US$59 billion, based on the value of his public holdings at the end of July. Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ net worth was estimated to be at least US$58 billion. Carlos [...]

Way to help for Job prospect: Improve Educational System and Set up Internship Programs I was skeptical to what the educational official claiming to avoid social problems resulting from youth unemployment was to open more private universities (Cambodia Daily, Friday Sep 07 2007, “Recent Graduates Find Job Prospects Are Bleak”). It means that we only [...]

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