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BLOG: The many faces of Cambodia (Part 3)

January 7, 2016 By Assunta Ng

Dispelling safety myths
“Is Cambodia safe?” Many readers asked me this after reading my first two blogs about my recent trip with my husband last November.
It is surprising that many have this misconception. While some may have concerns traveling to Cambodia, its tourism has actually increased 17 percent in 2013 and 7 percent last year. Just in Angkor, there are more than one million visitors every year.

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2013, 2016, Assunta Ng, Besides Killing Fields, Cambodia, Cambodia Part, Cambodian Chinese, Hong Kong, Khmer Rouge, Killing Fields Museum, National Museum, Phnom Penh Restaurant, Publisher's Blog, Royal Palace, Siem Reap, Southeast Asia, Tuol Sleng Prison, USD, Vietnam, Vol 35 No 2 | January 9 - January 15, poverty

BLOG: Experiencing intriguing Cambodia on our own (Part 2)

December 24, 2015 By Assunta Ng

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Some travel guidebooks state a Frenchman discovered the ruins of Angkor, Cambodia, in 1860. That claim irks some Cambodians and foreigners. It’s the same story when historians wrote that Christopher Columbus discovered America, while Native Americans had set their foot on the land for over 2,000 years. It’s more […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2015, 2016, Banteay Srei, Besides Angkor Wat, Cambodia, Chinese American, Christopher Columbus, Khmer Empire, Le Meridien, Marissa Vichayapai, Northwest Asian Weekly, Phnom Penh, Pre Rup, Robert Frost, Seattle City Councilmember, Siem Reap, Vol 34 No 53 | December 26 - January 1, World Heritage

BLOG: Adventures in Cambodia — Six reasons why you should visit Cambodia (Part 1)

December 10, 2015 By Assunta Ng

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly “Why go to a backward country?” my friends reacted when they heard that my husband and I were going to Cambodia. “Are you crazy going alone and not with a tour?” another asked. Why people think Cambodia is not a safe country puzzles me. It could have to do […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2015, Angkor Wat, Cambodia, Cambodia Part, China, Chinese, England, HK, Killing Fields, King Norodom Sihanouk, Paris, Phnom Penh, Publisher's Blog, Seattle, Siem Reap, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Cong, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 51 | December 12 - December 18

Learning in new languages — Dengue Fever: From Cambodia to the Triple Door

February 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Dengue Fever, a band well known for combining Cambodian pop with Western-style pop and rock, will be performing at Seattle’s Triple Door on Tuesday, Feb. 10th, They will be touring to support their new album “The Deepest Lake.”  Singer Chhom Nimol took some questions over e-mail.<!–more–> NWAW:  Where in Cambodia […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2015, Apsara Awards, Brazil, Chhom Nimol Cambodian, Dengue Fever, Dragon House, Khmer Rouge, Korean, Long Beach Community College, Mexico, NWAW, Phnom Penh, Poland, Siem Reap, Singer Chhom Nimol, Slovakia, Thailand, Vol 34 No 7 | February 7 - February 13

Seattle University honoring land mine survivor and activist

June 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jack Broom The Seattle Times SEATTLE (AP) — One of his legs ends at the knee. The other, just below it. It’s a disquieting sight, but Tun Channareth, of Cambodia, sitting in a wheelchair he made himself, would not want you to turn away. “Some people understand my English,” he told a group of […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2011, Angkor Wat Temple, Cambodia, Jesuit Refugee Service, Justin Hatley, Le Xuan Hy, MBA, Mine Ban Treaty, Norway, Quan Le, Seattle University, Siem Reap, Thailand, Tun Channareth, United States, Vietnam War, Vol 30 No 25 | June 18 - June 24, attention

Seattle University to award honorary degree to global landmine activist

May 27, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Internationally renowned landmine activist Tun Channareth will travel from Cambodia to the United States to accept an honorary

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2011, ICBL, Khmer Rouge, Nobel Peace Prize, Seattle Center, Seattle University President Stephen Sundborg, Siem Reap, Thai Cambodian, Tun Channareth, United States, Vol 30 No 22 | May 28 - June 3

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