Culture

Culture • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 14, 2018 • 9 min read

Master plan Building Phnom Penh a vibrant future

By Janelle Retka • Mar 14, 2018
Cambodia’s keenest architectural minds share their visions for transforming Phnom Penh’s clogged streets and limited community space into a modern, people-focused capital

Culture • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 11, 2018 • 5 min read

Lida Duch The Cambodian actress shaking up social norms

By Euan Black and Leng Len • Mar 11, 2018
One of Cambodia's most promising actresses, Lida Duch, hopes to flip the script on the film industry's traditional portrayal of women, and have some fun along the way

Culture • STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 08, 2018 • 7 min read

Art From boardrooms to brothels

By Paul Millar • Mar 08, 2018
Through its art walks, OH! Open House, an organisation in Singapore, leads enthusiasts through locations from boardrooms to brothels with the aim making art less of a "middle class, bourgeois pursuit."

Culture • STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 22, 2018 • 6 min read

Lao film industry Finding its feet on international stage

By Cristyn Lloyd • Feb 22, 2018
Mattie Do does not hold back. In her films, the women drink, they wear lingerie, they steal, they murder. In the final moments of Dearest Sister, Do’s 2016 horror, protagonist Nok and her blind cousin Ana are held captive by Ana’s former servants. In a feverish confrontation, Ana charges…

Culture • Dec 01, 2017 • 5 min read
Indonesia

Twitter’s porn problem

Indonesia’s Twitter obsession has generated great hype, but the social media giant has failed users by not policing the rampant posting of pornography
By Kate Walton

Culture • Oct 16, 2017 • 9 min read
Cambodia's Tourism Industry

A Kingdom for more tourists

Cambodia has big plans to boost tourism, most of which revolve around a massive influx of visitors from China
By Nathan Paul Southern

Culture • Oct 13, 2017 • 7 min read
Whatever happened to

Myanmar’s Tiger Girls?

Touted as Myanmar’s answer to the Spice Girls and a potent symbol of change in the country, the Tiger Girls made a huge splash in international media around the turn of this decade. Four of the five are back and finally tasting local fame in a country now more equipped to deal with their spirited ways
By Sean Gleeson

Culture • Oct 03, 2017 • 13 min read
Media Freedom

Without fear or favour: The Cambodia Daily

Philanthropist and foreign correspondent Bernie Krisher launched a daily newspaper in 1993 with a handful of journalists working out of an old hotel. By the time the Cambodia Daily closed amid a fiery dispute with the government, it had become one of the region’s most respected sources of news
By Paul Millar

Culture • Sep 09, 2017 • 6 min read
Cambodia

Bringing the tunes to temple town

Just a stone’s throw from the ancient ruins of Angkor Wat, 60 Road Studios in Siem Reap is enticing global musicians and training a new generation of recording technicians
By Claire Knox