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Tharum Bun

Contributor profile · 36 posts · joined 20 October 2005

Tharum Bun is freelance journalist, blogger, and digital media specialist. Blogging since 2005, he’s been a contributing-writer for Global Voices Online, Asian Correspondent, and several other print publications. His main interests are information and communication technologies for development and online media. Tharum’s base is Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s largest capital city.

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21 September 2007

Cambodia: Blogging from Siem Reap

Written by Tharum Bun · East Asia

Cambodian blogger and Global Voices Author Tharum Bun talks to fellow blogger Vireak from Seam Reap. Tharum asks Vireak about his motivations for starting and maintaining his blog. Vireak shares his unique ideas on the blogging scene in Cambodia.

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30 July 2007

Cambodian Blogger on Blogging

Written by Tharum Bun · Cambodia

GV's Cambodian author Tharum Bun interviews Borin Ly, an Internet enthusiast and an avid blogger. Borin talks about his blogging experience and his motivations for creating the blog. Cambodia has a very active blogging scene, with more and more young people going online. People who have just started blogging might find Borin's blogging tips handy.

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1 May 2007

Internet Use Shaping Cambodia

Written by Tharum Bun · East Asia

With more than 50% of the population of almost 15 million people younger than 25, the future of Cambodia's internet as well as the youth lifestyle looks vibrant. An IT boom is accompanying the fast growing economy in Cambodia. Young people are playing with the latest technologies and are getting interested in the latest fashion trends. Government and non-government agencies are also exploiting IT for development projects.

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6 April 2007

The adventures of Phatry Derek Pan in Cambodia

Written by Tharum Bun · East Asia

Now settling in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, without close relatives to accompany him, where unlike his Seattle home there is no local McDonald’s, Phatry Derek Pan adapts to a...

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13 March 2007

Cambodia: Blogger evangelists urge youngsters to share knowledge and experience

Written by Tharum Bun · Cambodia

Since its inception in last year, blogging training aka Personal Information Technology Workshop has introduced basic use of IT skills to more than 2000 students from 10 Cambodia's universities. A...

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14 February 2007

Re-writing the history of Cambodia

Written by Tharum Bun · East Asia

Cambodia’s most prominent literary scholar Keng Vannsak lately unveiled a shocking finding of the life of twelfth-century King Jayavarman VII. As a Buddhist ruler of the Khmer Empire, the sage...

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