http://www.e-khmer.com/news/rss.php News about Cambodia. Update everyday!! en Copyrights by E-KHMER.COM 2009-04-01T03:04:22+07:00 E-KHMER.COME-KHMER.COM Cambodian News All government offices across the country will be online and connected to the central government's information-sharing system within the year, according to the official behind the nationwide e-government rollout. Phu Leewood, the secretary general of the National Information Communications Technology Development agency (NIDA), said large-scale servers had already been established in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville to feed connections and data to offices in their surrounding provinces. http://www.e-khmer.com/news/rss.php?id=28144 4/1/2009 E-KHMER.COM Cambodia’s chief torturer under the Khmer Rouge said he doesn't expect forgiveness at his trial on Tuesday, the second day of a legal reckoning 30 years in the making. Kaing Guek Eav, 66—better known as Duch—set down his prepared remarks and spoke directly to the crowded courtroom. http://www.e-khmer.com/news/rss.php?id=28143 4/1/2009 E-KHMER.COM Cambodia is one of the most expensive countries in the world when it comes to using broadband, according to a recent report by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). In its latest ICT Development Index report, Cambodia ranked as 125 out of 154 countries in the costs of using broadband internet, and one of only 30 where the cost of broadband exceeded monthly per capita gross national income. http://www.e-khmer.com/news/rss.php?id=28142 4/1/2009 E-KHMER.COM WHen Khmer-American artist Koke Lor published images of naked Apsara dancers on his website reahu.com, he unwittingly kicked off a censorship storm that may shed light on the government's future attitudes towards the regulation of online content. The website stirred up controversy after a major Khmer-language newspaper published pictures from the website of the bare-breasted dancers as well as a woman scantily dressed in the clothing of a Khmer Rouge cadre. http://www.e-khmer.com/news/rss.php?id=28141 4/1/2009 E-KHMER.COM FOR women looking to amplify their voices, blogs are leading the way in the Kingdom's women's empowerment movement. While print, radio and TV remain male-dominated, the Kingdom's blogging scene showcases a disproportionate number of outspoken women, known as "BlogHers", writing about controversial topics. http://www.e-khmer.com/news/rss.php?id=28140 4/1/2009 E-KHMER.COM AS the global economy slips into recession, domestic mobile-phone operators remain confident that Cambodia - a country with low mobile penetration rates and large untapped markets - will see mobile-phone usage continue to boom. But with 11 mobile operators currently licensed in Cambodia, eight of which are operating, industry insiders say consolidation is likely once the market settles and the sector starts to mature. http://www.e-khmer.com/news/rss.php?id=28139 4/1/2009 E-KHMER.COM THE popularity of Preah Vihear temple, which received a steady flow of patriotic visitors in the first weeks after the border dispute with Thailand broke out in July, has plummeted as travellers see it as the starting point of any potential armed eruption between the two sides, say military officials on the ground. "We have less people visiting the temple every day," said Yim Phim, commander of Brigade 8, stationed at Preah Vihear. He said only the occasional group trickled in. http://www.e-khmer.com/news/rss.php?id=28138 4/1/2009 E-KHMER.COM RIVERBANK collapses sent villagers' land tumbling into the Mekong River in Phnom Penh's Russey Keo district Saturday, according to local residents, who claim sand-dredging operations have undermined a 100-metre stretch of land abutting the river. Ktor village resident Long Bota said the landslide occurred Saturday at around 7pm, casting a 15-metre-wide swath of his land into the river and nearly claiming his house. http://www.e-khmer.com/news/rss.php?id=28137 4/1/2009 E-KHMER.COM RUMOURS of dozens of bodies buried in a backyard in a village near Siem Reap have spread through the city and made the home at the centre of the claims a macabre attraction. Police, however, have dismissed the two-week-old rumours and said the case was almost complete. The reports claimed that a family was using its beautiful daughters http://www.e-khmer.com/news/rss.php?id=28136 4/1/2009 E-KHMER.COM The Apsara Authority, the body that manages the country's flagship tourist attraction Angkor Wat, has had approval of its environmental management extended by ISO, a quality assurance accrediting body. Tan Sam Bon, the deputy director of Apsara Authority, said auditors from Japan Quality Assurance (JQA) visited the organisation last month and approved the http://www.e-khmer.com/news/rss.php?id=28135 4/1/2009 E-KHMER.COM