On December 7th, performing artists, human rights activists, non-governmental organizations, and officials of the Royal Cambodian government will gather at Angkor Wat to focus world attention on the scourge of human trafficking. A rock concert will be held at Angkor Wat, December 7th, in cooperation with MTV EXIT [End Exploitation and Trafficking], a project of [...]
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Cambodia And Human Trafficking
December 8th, 2008 
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Cambodia’s first ever rock opera to premiere this month
November 5th, 2008 Cambodian News PHNOM PENH (AFP) — Cambodia’s first-ever Broadway musical-style rock opera, which will incorporate Cambodian lullabies and Khmer Rouge propaganda songs, will premiere later this month, organisers said Tuesday. “Where Elephants Weep,” a modern take on a traditional Cambodian love story that merges pop and rock music with more traditional and historical Cambodian tunes is scheduled [...]
US rockers The Click Five to play Cambodia’s Angkor Wat
November 4th, 2008 Cambodian News PHNOM PENH (AFP) — American rock band The Click Five plans to play a concert at Cambodia’s famed Angkor Wat temple next month as part of a campaign to fight human trafficking, organiser MTV music channel said Monday. The December 7 concert by the group, who are popular in Southeast Asia, is part of a [...]
CULTURE-CAMBODIA: ‘We Don’t Have a Film
October 6th, 2008 Cambodian News PHNOM PENH, Oct 6 (IPS) – Internationally acclaimed director Rithy Panh remembers how, as young boy in pre-war Phnom Penh, cinema played a central role in his family life. “When I was young we had so many cinemas not like the situation now, and we used to go to the films all the time. Western, [...]