Dee Peyok
@deepeyok.bsky.social
Author. Away From Beloved Lover: A Musical Journey Through Cambodia. Out on Granta, January 2023. Music travelogue about 1960s Cambodian rockers.
Crowdfunder to take translated books back to Cambodia: https://gofund.me/db872063
Crowdfunder to take translated books back to Cambodia: https://gofund.me/db872063
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Dee Peyok
@deepeyok.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Publication day January 2023, Granta. Available at major and indie retailers. granta.com/products/awa... ✨🇰🇭
For anyone concerned about the Thailand/Cambodia border clashes that have claimed 35 lives and displaced more than 270k people, this discussion on the history/root causes of the dispute is worth a watch. Leaders of both countries are currently in peace talks in Malaysia.
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What's fuelling the conflict between Thailand and Cambodia? | Inside Story
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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July 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
For anyone concerned about the Thailand/Cambodia border clashes that have claimed 35 lives and displaced more than 270k people, this discussion on the history/root causes of the dispute is worth a watch. Leaders of both countries are currently in peace talks in Malaysia.
youtu.be/JpUTg1Z-2oA?...
youtu.be/JpUTg1Z-2oA?...
You can listen to this Bureau of Lost Culture podcast on YouTube now. I loved talking to Stephen Coates about all things #opressedmusic #cambodianrock
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The Lost World of Cambodian Rock ’n’ Roll
YouTube video by Bureau of Lost Culture
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June 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
You can listen to this Bureau of Lost Culture podcast on YouTube now. I loved talking to Stephen Coates about all things #opressedmusic #cambodianrock
youtu.be/GJNA2DHXRJ4?...
youtu.be/GJNA2DHXRJ4?...
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A solid team effort from @mongabay.com examining the impact of the Trump's administration's cuts to USAID and conservation funding on the global illegal wildlife trade.
'The traffickers are going to have more space to operate, and it’s just going to put these species back on a path of extinction.'
'The traffickers are going to have more space to operate, and it’s just going to put these species back on a path of extinction.'
Wildlife crime crackdown in jeopardy worldwide after US funding cuts
In 2019, Malawi registered a massive win in the fight against the illegal wildlife trade. Intelligence-driven operations culminated in the arrest of more than a dozen members of the Chinese-led “Lin-Z...
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May 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Brave reporting Ouk Mao, @geraldrflynn.bsky.social, Nehru Pry 🙌🏽
For @mongabay.com w. Nehru Pry: the case of Ouk Mao, an environmental journalist in #Cambodia whose reporting on forest crimes has seen him physically attacked, ignored by the police and sued by the government.
His family had to move out after an anonymous caller threatened to burn down his home.
His family had to move out after an anonymous caller threatened to burn down his home.
Attacks on Cambodian environmental journalist continue to pile up
BANGKOK — Ouk Mao, a Cambodian environmental journalist, was reporting on the continued logging of Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary when he was attacked on March 24 by a group of men he identified, includ...
news.mongabay.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Brave reporting Ouk Mao, @geraldrflynn.bsky.social, Nehru Pry 🙌🏽
17 April marks 50 years since the Khmer Rouge genocide 🕯️
1-3: Extracts from my book, Away From Beloved Lover.
#cambodia #cambodianrock #neverforget
1-3: Extracts from my book, Away From Beloved Lover.
#cambodia #cambodianrock #neverforget
April 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
17 April marks 50 years since the Khmer Rouge genocide 🕯️
1-3: Extracts from my book, Away From Beloved Lover.
#cambodia #cambodianrock #neverforget
1-3: Extracts from my book, Away From Beloved Lover.
#cambodia #cambodianrock #neverforget
2 year publication anniversary for Away From Beloved Lover. Where has the time gone?!
January 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
2 year publication anniversary for Away From Beloved Lover. Where has the time gone?!
I needed this today. So for anyone else who needs it x: www.tiktok.com/@wedolanguag...
On fear. #mayaangelou #blackwriters #blackpoets #notetoself #fyp
TikTok video by We do language.
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December 29, 2024 at 6:51 PM
I needed this today. So for anyone else who needs it x: www.tiktok.com/@wedolanguag...
Funny to think I wrote this on shitter in 2022…
December 28, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Funny to think I wrote this on shitter in 2022…
Happy Christmas! 🎄
Phnom Penh 1966. Source: Amazing Cambodia.
Phnom Penh 1966. Source: Amazing Cambodia.
December 25, 2024 at 4:40 AM
Happy Christmas! 🎄
Phnom Penh 1966. Source: Amazing Cambodia.
Phnom Penh 1966. Source: Amazing Cambodia.
It’s official! Crowdfunder target reached! Translations bound, books arrived, flights booked… I return books to musicians in Cambodia 8-22 January! Any extra donations I’ll give directly to the musicians. Thank you all who’ve donated already, still time if you want to give 🤩🙏 gofund.me/db872063
Donate to Cambodian rock book's final mission needs gas!, organized by Dee Peyok
Between 2012 and 2019 I travelled across 3 continents and interviewed more th… Dee Peyok needs your support for Cambodian rock book's final mission needs gas!
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December 21, 2024 at 7:19 PM
It’s official! Crowdfunder target reached! Translations bound, books arrived, flights booked… I return books to musicians in Cambodia 8-22 January! Any extra donations I’ll give directly to the musicians. Thank you all who’ve donated already, still time if you want to give 🤩🙏 gofund.me/db872063
This popped up on my shitter feed 2 years ago. Migrating it over to BSky to mark the song of my book’s title #sinnsisamouth #AWhiterShadeOfPale #procalharum #AwayFromBelovedLover
youtu.be/wAvQh6DLGnM
youtu.be/wAvQh6DLGnM
December 13, 2024 at 7:09 PM
This popped up on my shitter feed 2 years ago. Migrating it over to BSky to mark the song of my book’s title #sinnsisamouth #AWhiterShadeOfPale #procalharum #AwayFromBelovedLover
youtu.be/wAvQh6DLGnM
youtu.be/wAvQh6DLGnM
It was around this time 2 years ago I recorded this chat with the lovely legend @gidcoe.bsky.social for @bbcradio6musicbot.bsky.social
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December 8, 2024 at 4:55 PM
It was around this time 2 years ago I recorded this chat with the lovely legend @gidcoe.bsky.social for @bbcradio6musicbot.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Another top books of the year list @willhodgkinson.bsky.social 🙌🏽👏👏👏
Great to see two of ours in fine company here, as Questlove and Vivien Goldman make Guardian's pick of the five best music books of 2024…
Five of the best music books of 2024
December 7, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Another top books of the year list @willhodgkinson.bsky.social 🙌🏽👏👏👏
I put this #cambodianrock playlist together for my publisher’s account but my book also lists a Spotify-free, mostly remaster-free list for the purists. Enjoy! 🎵
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December 6, 2024 at 2:28 PM
I put this #cambodianrock playlist together for my publisher’s account but my book also lists a Spotify-free, mostly remaster-free list for the purists. Enjoy! 🎵
open.spotify.com/playlist/0in...
open.spotify.com/playlist/0in...
#awayfrombelovedlover reader spot at #PhnomPenhAirport 🥰 In good company
December 3, 2024 at 7:15 AM
#awayfrombelovedlover reader spot at #PhnomPenhAirport 🥰 In good company
1/2 I will never forget an OTC show I saw about a year before Bill died. By then, Will’s MS restricted his ability to play an instrument, but not play. It was the most joyful, loving performance by a band I have seen or will ever see. I don’t know where the band stopped and the audience began.
December 1, 2024 at 9:31 AM
1/2 I will never forget an OTC show I saw about a year before Bill died. By then, Will’s MS restricted his ability to play an instrument, but not play. It was the most joyful, loving performance by a band I have seen or will ever see. I don’t know where the band stopped and the audience began.
I think this was the first radio interview I did for Away From Beloved Lover. With the brilliant @andrewmueller.bsky.social for The Monocle. 🙏
#shitterXmigration #saturdayplayback
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#shitterXmigration #saturdayplayback
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November 30, 2024 at 7:54 AM
I think this was the first radio interview I did for Away From Beloved Lover. With the brilliant @andrewmueller.bsky.social for The Monocle. 🙏
#shitterXmigration #saturdayplayback
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#shitterXmigration #saturdayplayback
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Environmental activists Men Mat, Prum Mao, Tat Oudom, Out Latin, Heng Sros and Ouch Leng (L-R) walk free!
A rare win in Cambodia to see activists arrested and then released without charge.
Full story coming on Mongabay soon 👀
A rare win in Cambodia to see activists arrested and then released without charge.
Full story coming on Mongabay soon 👀
November 25, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Environmental activists Men Mat, Prum Mao, Tat Oudom, Out Latin, Heng Sros and Ouch Leng (L-R) walk free!
A rare win in Cambodia to see activists arrested and then released without charge.
Full story coming on Mongabay soon 👀
A rare win in Cambodia to see activists arrested and then released without charge.
Full story coming on Mongabay soon 👀
Reposted by Dee Peyok
The Helix Nebula
November 24, 2024 at 11:31 AM
The Helix Nebula
November 24, 2024 at 5:38 PM
I loved recording this podcast. I hope Bureau of Lost Culture moves over to Bsky 🤞
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November 23, 2024 at 12:12 PM
I loved recording this podcast. I hope Bureau of Lost Culture moves over to Bsky 🤞
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bureauoflostculture.podbean.com/e/the-lost-w...
wishing @mechdara1.bsky.social freedom, health and happiness 🙏☮️🕊️. www.rappler.com/world/asia-p...
‘I thought I wouldn't live to see the next day’ – Journalist Mech Dara, after prison nightmare
(1st UPDATE) Cambodian journalist Mech Dara was arrested and jailed for 23 days after sharing a Facebook post containing false information. He endured interrogation and threats, and witnessed difficul...
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November 22, 2024 at 4:47 PM
wishing @mechdara1.bsky.social freedom, health and happiness 🙏☮️🕊️. www.rappler.com/world/asia-p...