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- ↑ "About KhmerBird". Khmer Enterprise. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
- ↑ "Interview with Santel Phin, founder of KhmerBird" . Retrieved 2015-06-14.
- ↑ "Star bloggers: the top five". Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
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