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Jojo McIntosh is the first football player with Cambodian descent who played in the National Football League (NFL). He signed the contract in 2019. He represented the Washington Redskins. His mother immigrated to the US in 1982 when she was just 5 years old. The National Football League ranks high on lists of the biggest…
Keng Vannsak was a Cambodian scholar, philosopher, and Khmer linguist. In 1952, he invented the Khmer typewriter keyboard. He worked as a philosopher, historian, linguist, professor, playwright, novelist, poet, and, for a short while in the 1950s, politician. During his lifetime, he invented the first Khmer typewriter, headed a significant post-independence opposition party, and published…
Agriculture experts have encouraged smallholder farmers to adopt and develop agro-ecological farming in order to lower production costs and reduce environmental effects. The initiative was made by Sok Sotha, director of the Cambodian Farmers Federation Association of Agricultural Producers (CFAP Cambodia), during the two-day National General Assembly of the Agroecology Learning Alliance in South East…
Did you know? In 1973, in Seoul, Korea, Cambodia (Khmer Republic) won the President’s Cup (also known as the Korea Cup) football tournament. The tournament took place between September 22 and September 30, 1973. Burma and the Khmer Republic (Cambodia) ended up in a 0–0 draw and shared the trophy. Undoubtedly, football is the most…
Despite the fact that Cambodia hasn’t yet reached the FIFA World Cup, we do have other football victories to cherish. Since 2008, HFCA (Happy Football Cambodia Australia), a nonprofit organization, has participated in the Homeless World Cup by sending a squad. Since its establishment in 2001, the foundation has hosted this yearly competition to promote…
Chen Zhi, Chairman of Prince Holding Group, donated $200,000 to the Cambodia Kantha Bopha Foundation through the Prince Foundation. The continuous operations of the Kantha Bopha Hospitals, which provide free, high-quality medical care to children in the Kingdom, would benefit from this. Representatives of Prince Holding Group received a briefing on the most recent advancements…
Two Cambodian women were recognised by the Women of the Future award for their contributions to public service, community spirit, and sports. The award ceremony was held in Singapore. According to the WOF Awards’ Linked In profile, rugby player Sreyneang Phann is a highly commended nominee in the Sports category and a true inspiration. Sreyneang…
Martalia received the award in the Social Entrepreneur category. The award ceremony was held in Singapore. The education of children in Cambodia has greatly benefited from Martalia’s efforts. She is unique in her enthusiasm and in how she overcomes the difficulties she encounters every day. A whole generation is being inspired by her, and she…
Born on September 14, 1995, Sorn Seavmey is a Cambodian taekwondo player who won the gold medal in the women’s under-73 kg division at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. Seavmey was hardly interested in participating, much less in competing professionally, after seeing the numerous injuries that her siblings suffered over their ten-year…
It is not the kind of tennis that Yi Sarun enjoyed playing for fun or leisure. His prime had been cruelly cut short by war and its tragic consequences, but he had once been a tough rival and feared contender. For years, his tennis gear remained in storage. His life was in ruins, but miraculously,…
Cambodia’s Phka Rumduol jasmine variety was named World’s Best Rice for the fifth time on November 17 at the TRT (The Rice Trader) World Rice Conference in Phuket, Thailand, according to representatives of the Kingdom’s apex rice industry body. Phka Rumduol is a type of long-grain jasmine rice that has emerged as a top choice…
#ONESTEPNOPLASTIC Phnom Penh is scheduled on 26th November 2022 . An exciting clean-up campaign with solidarity lunch with a performance by Phare, The Cambodian Circus – ល្ខោនសៀកកម្ពុជាហ្វារ and a music performance by Tos Yerng. Plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most pressing environmental issues, as the world’s ability to deal with it is…
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese unveiled an interactive Indigenous art exhibit in Phnom Penh after a day of summits and one-on-one diplomatic talks. At the ribbon cutting for the Walking Through a Songline pop-up exhibition, Mr Albanese was joined by Cambodian princess Her Royal Highness Norodom Arunrasmy, Senior Minister Ly Thuch and other members of…
