'Hot Off The Press'
The National Museum Revisited
Home to an astonishing collection of Khmer antiquities, a walk through the National Museum is key to putting Cambodia's Angkorean period in perspective.
http://www.fcccambodia.com/newsletter/0207/national-museum.php
Trampled Under Foot
Cambodia has christened 2007 as the year of 'heritage-friendly tourism,' and the plan is to leverage the Kingdom's skyrocketing tourist arrivals to help stamp out the illegal antiquities trade.
http://www.fcccambodia.com/newsletter/0207/heritage-friendly-tourism.php
Impressions of Indochina
German photographer and travel enthusiast Doris Boettcher follows the Mekong River from Laos down to Vietnam, capturing the exotic scenes of Southeast Asia and reveling in the subtle details that make the region so alluring.
http://www.fcccambodia.com/newsletter/0207/doris-boettcher.php
Headlines From the Phnom Penh Post
A million Cambodians face hunger, says UN agency
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) says it is in desperate need of $10 million to provide 1.1 million Cambodians with food until July.
http://www.fcccambodia.com/newsletter/0207/ppp1.php
Jarai villagers fight finance minister's sister for land
For the past year, Phnom Penh has weathered a string of well-publicized evictions, with poor, marginalized communities forced from their homes by a powerful, well-connected elite.
http://www.fcccambodia.com/newsletter/0207/ppp2.php
Get strikes of streets, PM urged
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has appealed to Prime Minister Hun Sen to take factory strikes off the streets.
http://www.fcccambodia.com/newsletter/0207/ppp3.php
The Necessity of Outreach KRT, Justice, Peace and Reconciliation
Time and again I have heard asked of others and of me: What's the point of holding this Khmer Rouge Trial (KRT)? Does this KRT matter? Particularly when so many years have passed?
http://www.fcccambodia.com/newsletter/0207/ppp4.php
Calendar of Events
FCC Phnom Penh
- Cambodia, photographs by Ian Taylor, through February 2007.
- Speed Dating, Speed Dating returns to the FCC for Valentine's Day 2007.
FCC Angkor
- Impressions of Indochina Photography by Doris Boettcher, through February 2007
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