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STALKING MONKS
Story by Joe Cummings / CPA Media (11 January 2025)
Famous French filmmaker and writer Jean-Claude Lubtchansky makes it clear to our correspondent and facilitator, “We want monks who are practicing the tradition and who can show us their practice by example, and it has to be real.”
Electric Ghosts and Surf Psych: Dengue Fever Returns to Phnom Penh
Review by Joe Cummings / CPA Media (28 March 2025)
“Cambodia isn’t just where the music comes from,” says guitarist Zac Holtzman. “It’s where the spirit of what we do was born."
THAI TRANSPORT
Story by Ron Emmons / CPA Media (11 December 2023)
Once you’ve booked your dream holiday to Thailand how are you going to get around? Our reporter Ron Emmons has the answers.
Pondicherry
Where India Meets France
For most people, images of European imperialism in South Asia are inextricably bound up with the poetry of Kipling and the pomp of the British Raj. Yet few people, by contrast, are familiar with the former French Indian Territories, administered from the sleepy colonial enclave of Pondicherry until their return to India in 1954.
THE HANDICRAFT HIGHWAY
Story by Ron Emmons / CPA Media (14 August 2023)
The inhabitants of the former kingdom of Lanna have developed a reputation for producing some of the most beautiful and diverse handicrafts in Asia.
The Chanthaburi Tales
Story by Ron Emmons / CPA Media (23 July, 2023)
Scenes to rival Chaucer’s classic await visitors to Chanthaburi in Thailand’s east.
A Neighborhood Stroll with Thai Film Critic Kong Rithdee
Story by Joe Cummings / CPA Media (21 September 2023)
Our correspondent, Joe Cummings, reminisces about old, historic Bangkok with Thailand’s leading film critic, Kong Rithdee.
Camping with the Gods
Story by Joe Cummings / CPA Media (25 March 2024)
Banteay Chhmar villagers support the community while preserving ancient holy sites.