 The First Internet Party ever Held in Cambodia Cambodia, Weblog, Freedom of Speech, Arts & Culture, Business, Cyber-Activism, Environment, Internet & Telecoms, Technology A decade ago Cambodia connected to the world. During those years, not many people could spell and capture the term and the meaning of ‘the Internet’ well, except expatriates working in Phnom Penh offices and a few Cambodian staff in aid organizations. It was until recent years that more competitions of foreign Internet company brought about competitive and affordable price of the Intenret service to more local residents. Although this Southeast Asian country has the lowest Internet penetration in the region, the lively and amazingly use of the international network is remarkable. Fool April has just been gone. In this May two most vibrant exhibitions of technology were held in the country. On May 15, 2006, the Chatter Party was organized for the first time for Cambodia webloggers and technology enthusiasts to meet face to face. An afternoon-long of the event featured fashion show, on stage jokes, lucky draw, friendly social talk, and games. The Internet party, as many called it, setup by a local web service firm in association with several commercial sponsors. There are times that many Cambodia webloggers have build virtual relationship with each others by the mean of commenting, emailing, and IRC chatroom. As everyone’s invited to the party, chances are that many of them can turn the virtual world into real as many of them have communicated with each others virtually. Kalyan has a series of photo of what’s going on. One among many exciting activities is exposure of weblogger. She wrote that: “participants writing their names, e-mails, phone numbers on the poster.”
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