The baccalaureate, or Grade 12 examination, has become a rite of passage for all Cambodian youths, especially those who intend to continue their education afterwards. The Post spoke with three students who took the exam last year and earned “A” grade to find out how they prepared for it and their thoughts on the process. Long Sokunliza from Phnom Penh said she started out by making commitments to planning and scheduling study activities and then stuck with it in order to achieve an “A” grade on her exam. Similarly, Much Laksmy, a young person from Prey Veng province, said he…
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In 2015, Eim Roth Thai began studying classical music and braille with the Khmer Cultural Development Institute (KCDI) in Kampot town. Due to the difficulty of traveling, Roth Thai, who has been blind from his birth, dropped out of braille classes and chose to pursue music. Roth Thai, a native of Chhouk district, Kampot province, told The Post: “I started learning drums, but my love of the flute led me to switch almost as soon as I began learning.” Roth Thai is 25 years old, while the organisation which focuses on teaching traditional Khmer art forms to orphans and children…
Cambodian Living Arts (CLA) is hosting a panel discussion of a new memoir titled … And Then It Hit Me!, which was written by Karen Brooks Hopkins, the president emeritus of the Brooklyn Academy of Music who worked there for 36 years and served in the top leadership role for 16 years. The event is called “Building communities through the arts: The case of the Brooklyn Academy of Music”. “We have organised the panel discussion to provide an opportunity for the participants to learn from the author and hear about her first-hand experiences with leading arts professionals,” said Phary Phacdey,…
Seeing the gap in access to education and jobs in the field of technology between young men and women, a group of high school students have formed a programme to help young women gain gender equality in this essential field. Ladies in Tech was formed by three high school students from different schools under UNICEF’s Generation Future 2022 programme. Kao Menghorng, one of the founders, is studying in the 11th grade at Hun Sen Peam Chi Kang High School in Kampong Cham province’s Kang Meas district. “The number of women involved in technology is still small compared to men,” she…
Inspired by a love of Cambodian culture and a dedication to reducing plastic use in the Kingdom, Vouch Sivhak, owner of the Cambodia Official Wedding Gift Shop, collaborates with local communities to produce uniquely Khmer wedding gifts. She said her business began in 2017, at a time when few Cambodians were using kramas as wedding favours. “All of our products are locally made. I buy them from several communities across the Kingdom. For example, the palm leaf and bamboo packaging we use comes from Siem Reap province,” she said. “We focus on krama based products that can be made into…
Kim Kardashian is one of the most famous reality stars on the planet. She is also known as the queen of unique makeup. For Halloween, she caused a stir when she “dressed” up as Mystique, a character from the X-Men movies. To create the blue body paint and gold hair ensemble, a team of four makeup artists worked on her for four hours. One of the team was a Cambodian girl from Stung Treng province. Almost halfway through the world, the young Cambodian woman posted pictures of the costume to her Instagram account, with a simple caption. “From Stung Treng…
Due to financial difficulties, Sall Sreymao and her husband left their children in Cambodia to go and work in construction in Thailand in 2006, but after a decade of construction work they were still unable to save enough to significantly improve their lives. Sreymao then went to work as a caregiver for an elderly patient along with her friend. As of today, she has been caring for stroke victims, the elderly and disabled patients for more than six years. Sreymao, born in Thma Koul district of Battambang province, started her own Facebook page in order to share her experiences in…
Num banhchok (Cambodian rice noodles) have long made Preah Dak commune of Banteay Srei district famous as a food tourist destination and now steamed palm cake is gaining popularity as a local specialty. Soth Thou, 40, a palm leaf weaver with 20 years of experience, changed her occupation to making the steamed palm cake during the lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. At present, Thou sells between 50 and 60 kilograms of steamed palm cake per day on weekends and holidays. “The important thing is that we pay close attention to hygiene and we clean all of the materials. We…
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sala, a modern school operating system, on “Going-Digital for Education” with the support of eighteen public and private universities. The signing took place at the ministry’s headquarters on November 2, with Sok Tha, director of the ministry’s Information Technology Department, and Sok Leap, CEO and founder of Sala, signing the document. Sala began with the vision of enriching each student’s educational journey and have built a place where students can discover their study opportunities, said Leap. “We are convinced that access to information, advice, and…
While most people are falling asleep, Leang Phally is climbing onto his old motorbike and driving out to the fields to dig for earthworms. From 12 midnight until 4 am, Phally is able to gather from 20 to 30kg of worms, ready to sell to a trader who visits his home in the early morning. Formerly a migrant worker at a Thai towel factory, he returned home in 2019 when his wife gave birth to their baby. “If it is raining, I go out every night to catch the earthworms. When it is raining, they are afraid of the water…