The New Corona Virus and the Global Response

The new coronavirus was officially named Covid-19, the same species as the SARS-CoV virus in 2002 and the MERS-CoV virus in 2012. The new coronavirus is a respiratory virus that first appeared in Wuhan, China, finding the first group of infected people – workers and customers – at the Hunan Seafood Market. The pandemic was so rapid that by February[…]

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Monarchy in the Cambodian Society

Looking back the history of Cambodia, we see that Cambodia has been a monarchy for centuries, since when it was first a state, with both absolute monarchy and constitutional monarchy. But the constitutional monarchy was ended on March 18, 1970 by a coup led by Lon Nol, Sirik Matak and Cheng Heng to oust King Sihanouk from power. From 1970[…]

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Lkhon Khol and Nationalistic Rhetorics

By Kin Phea, PhD 2 September 2018 Recent days, Lkhon Khol has become a very hot topic discussed across social media particularly in Facebook after learning that UNESCO committee will examine nominations for the Urgent Safeguarding List or the Representative List, proposals for the Register of Best Safeguarding Practices and requests for International Assistance greater than US$100,000, at its thirteenth[…]

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