kablagh!
random thoughts and commentaries on the news

Archive for May, 2009

Evictions and forced relocation, the real cost of economic growth in Cambodia

9 May 2009

During a recent visit of some colleagues to Cambodia, I joined a field trip to the An Dong relocation site. On the way to the site, we lost our way. Our guide, a very dedicated volunteer in one of the human rights NGOs in Cambodia, cannot recognise the changed landscape with new roads being built [...]

A great boxing nation

4 May 2009

 
Few would have realised beforehand how lethal a Manny Pacquiao killer punch actually is.
For the many who have had the misfortune of having been at the receiving end of it, the realisation always came too late. It was either when they were on their way down before hitting the canvas or long after they have regained [...]