Media coverage

The media in Cambodia are now all concerned with the flooding in South East Asia, that has led Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to say that Bangkok might be swamped by the massive amounts of water.


In Norwegian media, this is not talked about a lot. It seems that we have two main news stories these days, one being the Nobel Peace Prize. It has been awarded to three very important, courageous women this year, hooray! I watched the documentary "Pray the devil back to hell" last year, and these women's struggle for peace in Liberia made a very strong impression on me (two of these women are this year's laureates). Now my friend Kimsor has informed me that this movie will be translated and dubbed into Khmer, which is wonderful, I hope many Cambodians can be as inspired as I was.


The other hot topic in Norwegian media is of a slightly different nature. A Danish hunter has shot Albin, the celebrity moose. He is called this because of the special color of his fur. Albin was first thought to be albino, but scientists now think that it just has the unusual color coincidentally.

Albin as we will remember him, proud and beige. He lived to be six years old (in moose years).

In 2009 there were hot rumours that Albin had gotten a girlfriend, the brown moose in the background. I have to point out that hese rumours were never confirmed.

The hunter Oddbjørn is sad and angry over the killing of Albin. Here he shows the last footage he took of him. Oddbjørn at least hopes that the Dane will donate Albin's body to a Norwegian museum, so that he can be mounted, displayed and remembered for generations to come.


The Danish hunter has received death threats from Norwegian moose enthusiasts (enmoosiasts?), and has gone underground.