In a recent blog post, Cambodian blogger Somongkol made a reaction to Anita Saran, a writer at Edubook , who made claim that Cambodia is one of the most dangerous tourist zones in Asia.

This writer really needs to read more news and do more REAL RESEARCH. What is mentioned here about Cambodia is completely outdated. That was Cambodia in the mid-90s, not 2009.

So much that Cambodian bloggers care about how Cambodia is known to people in other countries. In another blog post dated back to September 2006, a Siem Reap-based blogger asked ‘How much do foreigners know about Cambodia?’

I’m not saying that they should write only the positive things about Cambodia. But there should be a media balance. Because it’s the media which teaches people. Talking about balance, I’m glad that it appears that there is increasingly more positive awareness about Cambodia amongst foreigners especially tourists and expats. They are really helping reducing the negative perception on Cambodia through words of mouth, blogs and online communities.

This comes the recent promotional effort by Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism. ‘The Kingdom of Wonder’ has now become a new way to brand Cambodia in local and international mainstream media.