culture and societyarticles, news
Articles in culture and society
Documentary: The Lon Nol government
Posted by Web of Cambodia. history | referenceThe Lon Nol's government struggling to survive on its own feet. The Cambodian elites were betrayed by American's false promises.
End of Buddhist Lent Festival
Posted by Web of Cambodia. culture and societyKathen or End of Buddhist Lent
Start of Buddhist Lent Festival
Posted by Web of Cambodia. culture and societyStart of Buddhist Lent or Chol Vassa Festival Album
Royal Ploughing Festival
Posted by Web of Cambodia. culture and societyRoyal Ploughing Festival Album
Khmer Romanization
Posted by Web of Cambodia. culture and society | education | literacy | literature | reading | writingKhmer romanization refers to the representation of the Khmer (Cambodian) language using letters of the Latin (Roman) alphabet. Romanization of Khmer is usually applied to Khmer proper nouns such as names of people and geographical names as in a gazetteer.
Khmer Numerals
Posted by Web of Cambodia. culture and society | education | literacy | literature | reading | writingKhmer numerals are characters used for writing numbers for several languages in Cambodia, most notably Cambodia's official language, Khmer. They date back to at least the oldest known epigraphical inscription of the Khmer numerals in 604 AD, found on a stele in Prasat Bayang, Cambodia, located not far from Angkor Borei.
Khmer Grammar
Posted by Web of Cambodia. culture and society | education | literacy | literature | reading | writingKhmer grammar is generally a Subject Verb Object (SVO) language with prepositions. Although primarily an isolating language, lexical derivation by means of prefixes and infixes is common.
Word order
News in culture and society
Thai-Cambodian Joint Trade Committee agrees to set up special economic border zone
Google News - Sun, 2012-05-20 11:42BANGKOK, May 20 – The Thai-Cambodian Joint Trade Committee (JTC) on Sunday agreed to set up special economic border zones, aiming to increase trade volume by 30% annually, said Thai Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom. Mr Boonsong met his Cambodian ... catched
Mourning villagers flee
Hundreds of people fled in fear yesterday from the village in Kratie province where a bloody security forces crackdown the previous morning left a 14-year-old girl dead. catched
Strikers told they have it good
Phnom Penh Post - Fri, 2012-05-18 04:40About 4,000 workers from two garment factories protested in Phnom Penh yesterday for better working conditions – but bosses told them their 7.5 hour working days and free meals meant they had it pretty good. catched