Phnom Penh (Cambodia), 23/02/2009. Young Cambodian woman checking her e-mail in an internet café (Photo: Vandy Rattana)02-03-2009
By Corinne Callebaut
Ka-set
They are young, free and feel like talking about anything without any taboo. These young people are Cambodian bloggers, also known as “cloggers”, the way they self-named themselves. Through the medium of a simple keyboard, they write what very few Cambodians can or dare express openly. Contemporary social issues, love, sex, political opinions, forced evictions... Cloggers will tackle any subject, sharing stories and chatting together without measure, making the most of the Internet, that so-called free space, almost exempt of censorship. The government is only slowly starting to take an interest in that space and would like to see it more regulated via a law, currently under preparation. But till then, the Khmer blogosphere, home to and incredible and surprising breeding ground of opinions, keeps organising itself like busy bees.
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