Archive for June, 2009

Goodbye, Russian Market?

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Via DAS. Market vendors at the Russian Market (Psar Toul Tom Poung) have just received the eviction call. Diana from Cambodian recycled bag vendor, Bloom writes:
I got a call from the Bloom manager in Phnom Penh this morning. Vendors at the Russian Market, where we have a stall, were told the government was going to […]

I still read my own press

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Cheers to Christopher Shay for the interview.

Deep fried balls

Monday, June 1st, 2009

It seems that I’ve arrived at Psar Thmei (Central Market) just in time to see it renovated. I imagine that the front, which is currently cleared of vendors, is being prepared to build either a twenty story apartment building or an illuminated fountain. These seem to be the two contributions of modern Cambodian culture to […]