Unfortunately, when the subjects of technology and Cambodia converge, it's rarely good news, and this is no exception.
Cambodia got third-generation wireless earlier this year, a major accomplishment in one of the poorest and most-deeply-scarred nations on Earth.
Then, somehow or other, the wife of Prime Minister for Life Hun Sen pulled up some porn on her phone and went bananas. As a result, Hun Sen knee-jerked 3G right into the rubbish bin, banning it from the country completely.
"We can wait 10 more years until we have managed to improve morality in society," he said. This, in a country where prostitution and sex tourism rank as leading industries.
Third generation wireless was not going to yank Cambodia into prosperity by itself, but this mindset from the only leader who matters in that sad little nation will certainly keep the Khmer people in poverty for a long time to come.
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