Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Blogging from Cambodia
Blogs Open Communication in Cambodia - washingtonpost.com
(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
The Washington Post reports that blogging has opened up a new political and cultural discussion in Cambodia. The king himself, or at least his staff, is blogging daily. The article goes so far as to call it a "cultural revolution":
(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
The Washington Post reports that blogging has opened up a new political and cultural discussion in Cambodia. The king himself, or at least his staff, is blogging daily. The article goes so far as to call it a "cultural revolution":
"But it is clear that young, tech-savvy Cambodians are joining Sihanouk in embracing blogs. The trend is changing their lives and their communication with people abroad _ even as electricity remains an unreachable dream for most households in this poverty-ridden nation of 14 million.
"This is a kind of cultural revolution now happening here in terms of self-expression," said Norbert Klein, a longtime resident from Germany who is considered the person who introduced e-mail to Cambodia, through a dial-up connection in 1994. "It is completely a new era in Cambodian life."
Cambodians with the skills and the means to blog are discovering a wider world and using the personal online journals to show off their personalities and views about the issues facing their country, from corruption to food safety.
"Blogging transforms the way we communicate and share information," said 25-year-old student blogger Ly Borin."
