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Say It With Chocolate

Thursday, 02 February 2012 21:50
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Valentine’s Day is on its way. For chocolate makers that means one thing: peak season. As Phnom Penh’s chocolatiers go into a sugar rush, Ellie Dyer and photographer Conor Wall learn more about their art.

A small group of skilled chocolate makers are pushing boundaries in Phnom Penh. With towerin...

 

House of Invention

Thursday, 02 February 2012 20:48
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French-trained artist Lim Theam is hoping to breathe new life into Cambodian handicrafts. In anticipation of his new exhibition, Ellie Dyer visits his Siem Reap studio to see his work first-hand. Photography by Conor Wall.

The craftsmen and women who work at Theam’s House – a studio set beside a ...

 

Code Word Khmer

Thursday, 02 February 2012 20:24
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Using Facebook, Google and Twitter in Khmer script used to be a distant dream. To realise it required taking on the world’s largest technology companies. As the tenth anniversary of a debate that decided the future of Khmer in cyberspace nears, Michael Sloan finds out what happened.

Walking into ...

 

Man In The Mirror

Thursday, 02 February 2012 20:17
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Amputee Stephen Sumner lost his leg in a hit-and-run accident eight years ago. Plagued by excruciating phantom pain from his missing limb, he found relief by discovering mirror therapy. Ellie Dyer meets the Canadian national, who has come to Cambodia to spread word of the treatment. Photography by D...

 

Q&A Hugo Rainey

Thursday, 02 February 2012 16:23
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NGOs such as Wildlife Conservation Society are trying to protect the Kingdom’s rare animals from deforestation and illegal hunting. As trained zoologist and WCS technical advisor Hugo Rainey prepares to leave Cambodia following years of exploring the wild, he reflects on his work with Seth Emmanue...

 


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