Blogging, politics, and your health

AFP discovers Cloggers.

When Hor Virak started blogging three years ago, he was one of only a handful of bloggers in Cambodia and quickly gained a following for his frequent postings on technology.

At first, he said, “I just rode my motorbike around and took interesting pictures to post on my blog”.

But by the beginning of last year, he was attracting several hundred readers a day and now says he is thrilled with his new-found celebrity.

It’s not all fruit shakes and free internet at T&C coffee, though

Chak Sopheap, a university student who started a blog in her own name last year to draw attention to Cambodia’s impoverished rural communities, said she was threatened criticising the ruling Cambodian People’s Party.

“The message said, ‘If I were you, I would run. Otherwise you will be killed,’” Chak Sopheap said.