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LONG LOVE, SHORT LIFE CHAPTER 10

LONG LOVE, SHORT LIFE CHAPTER 10 POOR IN WEALTH, RICH IN LOVE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part 1 Dara spent nearly a year working for the U.N. as an interpreter and when the U.N. pulled out from Cambodia after the elections in 1993, he worked as a journalist for an Engl...

LONG LOVE, SHORT LIFE CHAPTER 9

AKP Phnom Penh, August 13, 2021 -- LONG LOVE, SHORT LIFE CHAPTER 9 THE U.N. DRIVES THE LOVERS’ UNION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part 1 After Cambodia’s four factional groups signed the Paris Peace Agreement on 23rd October 1991, witnessed by representatives of 18 co...

LONG LOVE, SHORT LIFE CHAPTER 8

AKP Phnom Penh, July 02, 2021 -- LONG LOVE, SHORT LIFE CHAPTER 8 THE KHMER ROUGE FROGMARCHES DARA TO A LANDMINE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part 1 Letters were the only communication between Dara and his sweetheart Duongchan through which they can learn each othe...

LONG LOVE, SHORT LIFE CHAPTER 7

AKP Phnom Penh, June 11, 2021 -- LONG LOVE, SHORT LIFE CHAPTER 7 SAVING LIMBS AND LIFE FOR LOVER ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part 1 Dara, like many other young men, was jobless, given the country continued to face economic sanctions by the western world spearheaded by...

LONG LOVE, SHORT LIFE CHAPTER 6

AKP Phnom Penh, May 07, 2021 -- LONG LOVE, SHORT LIFE CHAPTER 6 THE POWER OF KHMER VALUES SHAPES LOVE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part 1 Superstitiously speaking, in Khmer belief, if a couple falls in love at a time of bad weather or anything- such as breaking g...

LONG LOVE, SHORT LIFE CHAPTER 5

AKP Phnom Penh, April 02, 2021 -- LONG LOVE, SHORT LIFE CHAPTER 5 THE COLD WAR ENDS, MISERABLE PASTS REVEALED ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part 1 It was in September 1989 and the students were lined up as usual ready to s...

LONG LOVE, SHORT LIFE CHAPTER 4

AKP Phnom Penh, February 26, 2021 -- LONG LOVE, SHORT LIFE CHAPTER 4 CHOOSING GIRL OVER GUN ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part 1 It was 9am a school guard used an old broken AK rifle to hit the school bell, which was made of the unex...

LONG LOVE, SHORT LIFE CHAPTER 3

AKP Phnom Penh, January 29, 2021 -- LONG LOVE, SHORT LIFE CHAPTER 3 THE COMMUNIST SCHOOL BANS LOVE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part 1 Guns for Boys, Handkerchiefs for Girls It was normal between 1987 and 1989 that all Cambodian high schoo...

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