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Success stories and the Cambodians making a difference. · 116 articles

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Rida Kheng, Cambodia’s First Female Ranger

Rida loved nature and was fascinated by everything about it, from the plants and seeds to the animals and entire ecosystems, as well as how everything had an impact on the world as a whole. As a young girl growing up in a village, she witnessed the loss of the nearby forests, which saddened her.…

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“King of Khmer Music”: Sinn Sisamouth

The closest medium to expressing the inexpressible, after silence, is music. Despite the fact that each country has its own language or languages, there is only one language that we can all understand: the language of music. Sinn Sisamouth (1932–1976) was a Cambodian singer-songwriter active from the 1950s to the 1970s. Sisamouth is known as…

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Do you know which language has the longest Alphabet?

Based on a set of rules governing a particular language, the alphabet is the common set of characters used to write a language. The Latin alphabet, which serves as the basis for the vast majority of written languages worldwide, is the most extensively used alphabet in use today. In terms of length and phonetic sound,…

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Cycling event in Siem Reap to raise money for Angkor Hospital for Children.

The economy has recovered significantly since the COVID-19 crisis, but the funds raised by the Angkor Hospital for Children this year are still insufficient to support the process. In order to raise funds for the Angkor Children’s Hospital, the event team of Angkor Hospital for Children and the Committee for Cycling for Cambodia decided to…

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Math Maiyorm: The first female Cambodian-Muslim to be an Aircraft Engineer

Math Maiyorm, 20, is the first Muslim woman from Cambodia to pursue a career in aircraft maintenance engineering. The job involves inspecting, maintaining, and repairing aircraft to guarantee the security of flights. Maiyorm has been studying the profession at the Lanmei Training Center for more than two months and is determined to take on the…

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Ms Hong Chenda: Cambodia’s First Female Pilot

Ms Hong Chenda went from being a typical flight attendant to being the first Cambodian female pilot on January 2, 2020, after receiving her pilot’s licence from Vietnam. At the age of 29, Hong Chenda became the first Cambodian woman to fly an Airbus 320 when she joined Lanmei Airlines as an Airbus 320 pilot.…

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Cambodia has the Guinness World Record for the Largest Practical Business Seminar.

According to Guinness World Records, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (Cambodia) held the world’s largest practical business seminar on August 24, 2017, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with 2,304 participants. The attempt was made as part of a student engagement event. Over 2,300 youth aged 15 to 24 from all over Cambodia attended a…

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By Sotheary first Cambodian to compete in the Miss Universe

By Sotheary (Born 3 April 1998), also known as Bee, is a Cambodian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Cambodia 2016. She represented Cambodia at the Miss Universe 2017 pageant. She was the first ever Cambodian to participate at Miss Universe. Cambodia’s capital city of Phnom Penh is where By Sotheary was born.

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A positive peer-learning community: Siem Reap Coding Club.

“Everybody should learn to program a computer, because it teaches you how to think” -Steve Jobs Computer coding is crucial for students’ future as a result of living in a digitalised world. The ability to program is an important skill that may be used in a variety of disciplines and domains in the quickly changing…

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Pursat will host this year’s Khmer Literature Festival.

The 5th Khmer Literature Festival will take place in Pursat Province on the grounds of Pursat High School for three days from October 21 to 23. The primary reason for planning this event was disclosed by managing director Sokhoeun, is aiming to build a love for Cambodian literature. They also strive to preserve the dignity…

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Robam Kandob Ses, a traditional folk dance from Svay Rieng province.

This is a typical Svay Rieng province folk dance. This dance typically imitates the praying mantis through gestures, and its outfits are coloured like the insect. Pairs of empty coconut shells are tied to the dancers’ hands and elbows during the performance. Traditional dances in Cambodia typically reflect animism and supernatural beliefs. People perform vibrant…

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Be yourself; don’t try to be someone else.

This is more than enough to make you happy and successful in life. Success is something that makes us dream. Undoubtably, that is truth! Everyone dreams to achieve great things in life and achieving theirtheir most ambitious goals. Yet, everyone grows at their own speed. Every life is different. In fact, you might be tempted…