New and Updated Items
Note: Updates to other sections of the Mekong.Net site are listed on the main What's New page. Cambodia-related updates are listed below.
A few photos of a rare Khmer-language typewriter have been added to the Photo Gallery: The Khmer Typewriter.
Date added: 5/14/2012
More than 180 photos, taken in August and September of 2011, have been added to the Photo Gallery: Cambodia 2011 - Color and Cambodia 2011 - Black and White
Date added: 12/28/2011
The Photo Gallery has gotten an overhaul, with a new format which allows larger images.
Date added: 11/3/2011
A report from the Journal of Southeast Asian American Education & Advancement, authored by by Wayne E. Wright and Sovicheth Boun, is now available for download: Southeast Asian American Education 35 Years After Initial Resettlement: Research Report and Policy Recommendations.
Date added: 5/15/2011
Two new galleries have been added to the Photo Section: Transplanted Culture and Along the Border, 1983.
Date added: 11/8/2010
Another "new but old" addition: the transcript of a July 1973 Washington Special Actions Group meeting regarding the bleak situation facing the Lon Nol government: Stretching Out the Unravelling: Cambodia 1973
Date added: 9/28/2010
The Photo Section has been expanded with photos by Charles C. King: Cambodian Images, 2009-2010.
Date added: 9/8/2010
A new op-ed by Ronnie Yimsut: Cambodia Must Make Serious and Painful Reforms.
Date added: 9/2/2010
A review of O! Maha Mount Dangrek, a book translated from manuscripts written by a Cambodian monk: Venerable Testament.
Date added: 8/12/2010
A short note of appreciation for Arthur Gugick's Lego model of Angkor Wat.
Date added: 8/9/2010
A review of Sydney Schanberg's new book, Beyond the Killing Fields: Lessons of War, Revisited.
Date added: 7/19/2010
An article by David Calleja, about Ann-Marie, an HIV-positive infant being cared for by the Partners in Compassion charity: A Beautiful Khmer Baby Named Ann Marie.
Date added: 4/30/2010
The Photo Section has been updated with photos from Chicago's Khmer New Year celebration: New Year Celebration, 2010.
Date added: 4/14/2010
A review by David Calleja of Kilong Ung's book: Golden Leaf - A Khmer Rouge Genocide Survivor.
Date added: 3/4/2010
The Photo Section has been updated with photos from Preah Vihear, taken by Charles C. King: Preah Vihear.
Date added: 1/19/2010
A review of Nic Dunlop's compelling book The Lost Executioner: Nic's A Bastard.
Date added: 1/14/2010
An article by David Calleja, on teaching English in Cambodia: I Like My English Grilled.
Date added: 11/30/2009
A review of Philip Short's book: Pol Pot: The History of a Nightmare.
Date added: 10/19/2009
The Photo Section has gotten yet another overhaul; the new scripts feature improved navigation, and the revised layout allows for the photos to be slightly larger.
Date added: 10/2/2009
Marc Cameron has contributed five photos taken by his father, Denis Cameron, in 1970: Cambodia 1970: Denis Cameron
Date added: 7/28/2009
Photographer Rith Khem contributed a set of photos taken at a Khmer New Year celebration in Chicago: Cambodian New Year, Furama Restaurant, April 2009
Date added: 7/28/2009
A "new" addition which isn't new: For no good reason, we've gone to the trouble of converting a 1989 Asia Watch report to HTML, and adding it to the site: Khmer Rouge Abuses Along The Thai-Cambodian Border
Date added: 7/28/2009
A review of Sambath Meas's memoir The Immortal Seeds: One Family's Story
Date added: 6/10/2009
Photos by Craig Buck, taken in Khmer Rouge-held sections of Cambodia in 1981. These photos offer a rare glimpse into life with the guerrillas during the war against the Vietnam-installed government. The photos are grouped into two sets: Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, 1981 and Ieng Sary and Khieu Thirith
Date added: 5/7/2009
An article by Antonio Graceffo: Remnants of the Khmer Rouge
Date added: 3/16/2009