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Dear audienceI am terribly sorry that I couldn't renew my blog for a long since I was too busy with work and other business in Japan and in Cambodia. However, as a fruitful of my hard work for the last 6 months, finally I successfully set up a new business in Cambodia, named Royal Coffee. Royal Coffee is located along Russian Blvd in between the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) and Institute

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As I got many inquiries related to how to apply for JENESYS program, I am please to inform through this blog. Well, JENESYS is the program which is called in Japanese 『21世紀東アジア青年大交流計画』. This program is sponsored by Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). So far, there were 3 groups of Cambodian coming to visit Japan through this program. 2009 is Mekong-Japan Exchange Year, and there are 20

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Every year in December, there is an election of president for Cambodian Students Association in Japan (CSAJ). In 2008, the election was held on December 21th, 2008 and Mr. Ear Chariya was elected to be the new president of CSAJ committee 2009. On the day, after the election was finished, CSAJ committee has prepared an Cambodian Academic Forum which we invited guest speaker to give speech at the

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JENESYS stands for Japan East-Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths. This program has been created under the initiative of Mr. Shinzo Abe, a former Prime Minister of Japan announce at the 2nd East Asia Summit(EAS) on 15th of January, 2007. Japan would provide financial assistance amounting to approximately US$315 million for the East-Asia Youth Exchange, inviting approximately 6000

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I have worked as a cordinator at Japan International Coorporation Center(JICE) to translate and manage for trip for the youths from Cambodia during their stays in Japan.

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I was asked for an interview by Intec Japan, and below is the site that was written about me. For those who are interested please visit the site.http://www.intecjapan.com/abroad2/2008/08/post_6.html

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Preah Vihear was listed as UNESCO World Heritage site on July 7, 2008. The temple situated in Dangrek Mountains in Preah Vihear Province. In 1962, following a serious dispute between Thailand and Cambodia over the ownership of the temple, the International Court of Justice in Hargue ruled that it belongs to Cambodia. Preah Vihear is unusual among Khmer temples in being constructed along a

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Today, I received an email from my Japanese friend who asked me to help her in interviewing Ms. Meas Sosophea when she came to Japan for MEKONG CONCERT in May 2008. I was working as volunteer to interview Ms. Sok Sophea about her feeling after arriving at Japan. Please refer to the following site for the content of the interview:http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/radio_css

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Cambodia inteded to establish its securities or stock market in 1995, but due to the weak banking system which cannot effectively complement the establishment of this market, the government of Cambodia postponed the project and reset the year 2009 as the starting year of the securities market.What are the benefits for Cambodia from the development of the securities market?Answer:- In addition

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According to Xinhua, the major local Chinese-language newspaper highlighted the Top 10 Economic News of Cambodia in 2007 and outlined the robust pulse of the kingdom's economic vibration.On top of the chart was the signing of the single visa agreement between Cambodia and Thailand on Dec. 17, which allowed foreign tourists from a third country to visit the two countries with a single visa and

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Although Cambodia has achieved a high economic growth and macroeconomic stability in this decade, the gap between the rich and the poor in urban and rural areas is remaining high or even getting wider and wider. To reduce this gap and inequality, the Government of Cambodia has undertaken various reforms in the economic and financial sector such as Public Financial Management Reform Program,

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Even Japan is the Cambodia's largest donor, Japan is not ranked among Cambodia's top ten foreign investment countries. According to the official statistics of Japan-ASEAN Center, in 2006 Cambodia attracted US$ 2.33 billion of agreement-bound foreign direct investment (S. Korea US$1,010m; China US$717m, Russia US$277m, Thailand US$100m; USA US$32m; Taiwan US$47m; Belgium US$33m; Vietnam US$31m;

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Last evening I really had a wonderful New Year's Eve Party at the Royal Embassy of Cambodia in Japan together with the Embassy's officers, Cambodian students as well as eminent guests invited by H.E. Pou Sothirak, including Professor Yukio Imagawa (former Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia, is now a professor at Kanto Gakuen University); Ms. Sumiko Imagawa (Vice-president of Japan Team of Young

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When you try to search "Bernard Krisher" in any internet search engines, you will find Mr. Bernard's name links to "Cambodia Schools". Mr. Bernard was know as "a mobile office", "a pusher, a hyperactive bundle of energy and ideas, a class act, a seven-day-a-week man"...etc. He is the founder of the independent newspaper "Cambodia Daily" and other two nonprofit organizations, "American Association

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Today, I was invited by my senior in PhD course at the University of Tokyo (above picture: white shirt) to have a Cultural Exchange Talk with a group of about 20 attendances at Niwa Community Center, Chiba Prefecture. The meeting was organized by my senior's mom, who is really interested in everything about Cambodia especially the Khmer culture and food. One and half hour had passed through lots

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The following photos were taken at Daitakuritsu Oomori Daisan Junior High School. I taught Japanese students about Cambodian manner, "Sam peah". It is to join your both hands together and bow your head to show respectful to elderly people, monk or to greet somebody in a formal way.

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Yesterday, I went to attend a party reception at the Royal Embassy of Cambodia to Japan to celebrate the 54th Annaversary of Cambodia Independent Day. Cambodia fully gained Indepedence from France on the 9th of November 1953 after being administered as part of the French colony of Indochina from 1863 to 1953.I was honored by having a photo with H.E. Ambassador Pou Sothearak, and Mr. Yasushi

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Today, I am invited to teach at Hachioji Shiritsu Daiichi Junior High School. My students are in their first year of group 3. They are very good students as they tried to listen to my presentation and came up with lots of interesting questions to me. I would like to share you what surprises me today? Well, the nearest station to the school is Kitahachioji which is located in the western part

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It was a long stay in Cambodia and I had a wonderful vacation there. I missed this blog very much since I haven't updated for long. I didn't have much time to check internet as often as I do it here. How was my vacation? Well, I didn't go out so often this time besides visiting Siem Reap "Angkorwat", and instead I stayed at home with my lovely daughter and playing with my nieces and nephews. It

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These are Cambodian home cooking foods. The name of the foods are from the left Khmer style salad (Nhoim), Chha Tro Koun, Chha Sandek baraing and Khor, and Chha Khjei respectively.

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Summer courses passed by pretty quickly. Today is the last day of my semester exams. I feel very relaxed after completing all the tests. From now on, I will have a two-month summer vacation, so that I will spend it in Cambodia together with my families. It could be said that this is the longest holiday for me to stay in Phnom Penh since I came to study in Japan. Right now, I don't want to think

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These are the photos I just received from the teacher at Itabashi Daiichi Junior High School who promised to send to me the other day.

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I was just back from the party at Brother Sam Ang's house in Tokyo. It was my first time to go there to have a party with other Cambodian students and enjoyed with various kinds of delicious foods. Though some of them I just met for the first time, they are really good company. We made fun by teasing each other, and brother Theavin was the one who made the party really come alive with his

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This morning, I went to Itabashi Daiichi Junior High school to teach second year students there, the lecture is called "Cultural Exchange Program". This time was quite different from the previous ones because of huge number of students and teachers (120 students and their 6 teachers) were combined into one class at the gymnasium to listen to my presentation. In response to the request of the

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This morning there was earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 rocked a wide area of Niigata Prefecture. I feel very sorry to hear about that and feel pitty for people living in Niigata since the same prefecture was hitted by a severe quake once in October 23th, 2004. The earthquake had caused electronic power failure, water and gas pipes have ruptured in many areas of the prefecture. So far, there

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These are the photos taken during my lecture to the students at Tachikawa High School two weeks ago that I just received from Kokusai Eizo Kyouiku Kyokai.

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CTN staffs went to interview me at The University of Tokyo, and took video of the campus landscape as well as some of my activities as a student life there.This is my first time to be interviewed for television. I was once invited to the studio for the interview on "ABC Radio Australia" in Melbourne in March 2006.

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These photos were taken at Akasaka Excel Hotel Tokyo during the interview with Prof. Kohama Yuhisashi, professor of Shizuoka University, and Mr. TE Soksreng, a third year PhD student of Yokohama National University about the Prospect of Cambodia's Economy.Photos with H.E Pou Sithirak, Ambassador of Cambodia to Japan and CTN staffsPhoto with Ms. Penn Setharin, owner of Cambodian Restaurant "

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2007/06/26 This is another chance for me to teach Japanese students about Cambodia culture. When I asked what they know about Cambodia, some of them answered me with two words "Angkorwat" and "Landmine". Probably they know about Angkorwat because Angkor Wat is one the most famous world heritages, and they know about landmine because they used to watch the Japanese drama titled "Chirai wo fundara

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Dear visitors,Welcome to my blog!!!I am Lina, a Cambodian students who is currently studying at the University of Tokyo. Studying in Japan has been one of my dreams since I was in high school. In 2000, I won Outstanding Winner in a Mathematics contest amongs students from all high schools in Phnom Penh. After completing the high school, I passed the entrance examination to enter into National

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