Soprach Posts

LOVE AND SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS A DECADE LATER:  A longitudinal quantitative study of the Experiences and Plans Of Wealthier Young People Regarding Valentine’s Day In Phnom Penh, 2009 – 2019 By Tong Soprach, MPH Public Health Independent Researcher Phnom Penh, February 2019 This study seeks to answer the research question: “What plans do wealthier young people in Phnom Penh have for sexual activity on the upcoming Valentine’s Day?” This…

Unofficial Translation from The Phnom Penh Post’s Khmer edition WEDNESDAY, 05 DECEMBER 2018, TONG SOPRACH រដ្ឋ​គួរ​បង្កើន​ខ្ទង់ចំណាយ​លើ​ការស្តារ​នីតិសម្បទា ជន​ដែលត្រូវ​គេ​ជួញដូរ With the 12th National Anti-human Trafficking Day coming up on 12 December, we should ask: what are the achievements relating to anti-human trafficking that the government is going to show? A 2017 study by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) surveyed over 1,800 migrant workers…

Unofficial Translation from The Phnom Penh Post’s Khmer edition TUESDAY, 30 OCTOBER 2018, TONG SOPRACH កុមារី ​ប្រឈមមុខ​ខ្ពស់​នឹង​ការចាប់​រំលោភ​ ពេល​ឪពុកម្ដាយ​ធ្វើការ​ឆ្ងាយ Internet usage has increased rapidly in Cambodia over recent years, especially among youths, with mobile data packages becoming surprisingly affordable: you can pay just $1 and exchange for a $100 worth of data. Mobile coverage is also expanding across the Kingdom, granting more and more users access to the cheap…

Unofficial Translation from The Phnom Penh Post’s Khmer edition TUESDAY, 16 October 2018, TONG SOPRACH កម្ពុជា​ និង​សមាជិក​អាស៊ាន​ខ្លះ ​នៅ​រារែក​នឹង​ការចូលរួម​ក្នុង​ Indo-Pacific   In the world today, there is a power competition between East – China and Russia; and West – European Unions, the United States, Japan and Australia. In the case of major international development agencies, such as the World Bank, the president is seen mostly from Americans or US…

Unofficial Translation from The Local News FRESH NEWS with Video clip THURSDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2017   “Samdech Techo Hun Sen: All the countries have sent workers abroad, do not blame me of sending labor to worker in other countries because the speaker also works for other.”   Prime Minister Hun Sen Speech to 10,000 garment workers in Kambol area located in Por Senchey district, Phnom Penh on 18…

Unofficial Translation from The Phnom Penh Post’s Khmer edition TUESDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER 2017 TONG SOPRACH ការ​បែកបាក់​សមាជិក​គ្រួសារ​ខ្មែរ ​បែប​សម័យ​ទំនើប​នៅ​តែ​បន្ត “Chinese chases away Cambodian chasing away the ghost” it is the old saying while Chinese people flew into Cambodia and headed for the city or downtown to compete for the works and markets; that was the reason persuading some Cambodians to sell out their lands or houses and relocate to the…

Unofficial Translation from The Phnom Penh Post’s Khmer edition TUESDAY, 03 JULY 2018, TONG SOPRACH ឌីជីថល GoGreen Cambodia កំពុង​ចូលរួម​កែលម្អ​បរិស្ថាន Talking about waste management  in ASEAN region, three countries are getting the most criticisms just pop up to mind; these three are the Philippines having waste mountains in Manila, Indonesia having plastic sea at Bali and Cambodia  being flooded because of the waste congestion along the roads and canals…

Unofficial Translation from The Phnom Penh Post’s Khmer edition TUESDAY, 02 JANUARY 2018, TONG SOPRACH សម័យ ឌីជីថល ការ រៀន អាន និង សរសេរ ខ្មែរ គឺ លែង ជា ឧបសគ្គ The habit of complaining over the lack of Khmer (Cambodian language) learning materials, places to study and availability of additional devices is inconvenient for the present day. In fact, some students themselves are lazy learning and lack of confidence or  encouragement…

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Tong Soprach is Social-affairs Columnist, The Phnom Penh Post’s Khmer Edition and Social Public Health Researcher. He is gender sensitive man. He strongly supports “HeForShe”.