7 Reasons Why You Should “Friend” Cambodian Women on Facebook
So you’ve met a nice Cambodian chick. Maybe you met her at a pagoda. Maybe you met her in the toilet at Martini’s. I don’t judge. You’ve spent a bit of time with her, you like her, and now you have an...
View Article7 Reasons Why You Should Never “Friend” Cambodian Women on Facebook
It’s been five months since I wrote “7 Reasons Why You Should Friend Cambodian Women on Facebook.” During that time, I followed my own advice and became Facebook friends with a bunch of Cambodian...
View ArticleThere’s Something Stale in this Month’s Bayon Pearnik
So I grabbed a copy of the April 2013 Bayon Pearnik while departing one of my favorite lunch spots today. As I was flipping through the magazine’s highlights (the hostess bar ads), I ran across an...
View Article7 Reasons Why You Really Shouldn’t Move to Cambodia
Lately, there have been a lot of Westerners moving to Cambodia or making plans to move to Cambodia. This is partly due to the difficult job market in many Western countries, and it’s partly due to...
View ArticleOn the Proper Etiquette when Seeing an Ex-Bargirl with Her New Husband
It’s a low-key Thursday night in Phnom Penh. The early evening rains have subsided, and you are meeting a friend for dinner at a respectable Western restaurant. As you walk in to the restaurant, you...
View Article7 Ways Cambodia Can Solve its Foreign Dude Problem
Oh crap, it happened again. Just yesterday, Cambodian police announced that they are searching for a 48 year-old British man in connection with the presumed murder of a Cambodian woman. Apparently,...
View Article“Missing” Aussie expat from Thailand found in Cambodia; he claims amnesia
Nathan Hansford, an Australian businessman working in Thailand who reportedly “disappeared” several months ago, has been found in Cambodia, according to a statement from his family. The Sydney Morning...
View ArticleIs Imprisoned Sex Offender Jason Baumbach Engaged to Marry his Cambodian...
Monday’s edition of the Phnom Penh Post included an article about Sebastian Reuiji, a Dutch convicted pedophile who was recently released from police custody in Siem Reap province. Apparently, Reuji...
View ArticleDid the U.S. Embassy in Cambodia Betray Murdered American William Bryan Glenn?
Gavinmac ponders the murder of William Bryan Glenn in Cambodia and asks whether the U.S. embassy in Phnom Penh was at fault for his homicide Last week, the expatriate community in Cambodia learned of...
View ArticleRemembering keeping_it_riel – an obituary
Peter was the first real friend I ever made in Cambodia. I’m sure that those of you who only knew Peter’s internet persona probably think he was just a petty, temperamental bastard online. He was...
View ArticlePlagiarism, Phonyism and Buffoonery at the Khmer Times: Part 1 – The...
I. INTRODUCTION Let me start out by saying that I don’t really follow Cambodian politics. I couldn’t tell Sam Rainsy from Sam Waterston. I’ve always been much more interested in local news stories...
View ArticlePlagiarism, phonyism and buffoonery at the Khmer Times: Part 2 – The fake...
I. INTRODUCTION Part 1 of this article discussed rampant plagiarism in columns written by T. Mohan, the publisher and (up until last week) managing editor of the Khmer Times. This part 2 will address...
View ArticleWhere are they now? Psychologist Dr Ken ‘Carrington’ Wilcox
Longtime readers of Khmer440 will surely remember the name Kenneth Drew Wilcox. Wilcox is a psychologist who had a private practice in Phnom Penh from about 2005 through 2010. Dr. Wilcox’ online...
View ArticleIs Eric David Erdmann a falsely accused victim of mistaken identity, or a...
1. The Foreshadowing In late March, a new Khmer440 poster with the username “sniper_m4” started a topic in our discussion forums about “Being Followed.” Sniper_m4 expressed concern that a tuk tuk...
View ArticleOn the Proper Etiquette when Seeing an Ex-Bargirl with Her New Husband
It’s a low-key Thursday night in Phnom Penh. The early evening rains have subsided, and you are meeting a friend for dinner at a respectable Western restaurant. As you walk in to the restaurant, you...
View Article7 Ways Cambodia Can Solve its Foreign Dude Problem
Oh crap, it happened again. Just yesterday, Cambodian police announced that they are searching for a 48 year-old British man in connection with the presumed murder of a Cambodian woman. Apparently,...
View Article“Missing” Aussie expat from Thailand found in Cambodia; he claims amnesia
Nathan Hansford, an Australian businessman working in Thailand who reportedly “disappeared” several months ago, has been found in Cambodia, according to a statement from his family. The Sydney Morning...
View ArticleIs Imprisoned Sex Offender Jason Baumbach Engaged to Marry his Cambodian...
Monday’s edition of the Phnom Penh Post included an article about Sebastian Reuiji, a Dutch convicted pedophile who was recently released from police custody in Siem Reap province. Apparently, Reuji...
View ArticleDid the U.S. Embassy in Cambodia Betray Murdered American William Bryan Glenn?
Gavinmac ponders the murder of William Bryan Glenn in Cambodia and asks whether the U.S. embassy in Phnom Penh was at fault for his homicide Last week, the expatriate community in Cambodia learned of...
View ArticleRemembering keeping_it_riel – an obituary
Peter was the first real friend I ever made in Cambodia. I’m sure that those of you who only knew Peter’s internet persona probably think he was just a petty, temperamental bastard online. He was...
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