Search results for "Cambodia"

Legacy of the Khmer Rouge

The shadow of Cambodia’s violent past still looms over the Kingdom today

Forty years ago, the Khmer Rouge entered Phnom Penh, ushering in unprecedented death and destruction. This short but seismic era casts a long shadow over the Kingdom to this day
By Sebastian Strangio

Anti-corruption

Touching up Cambodia

After years of floundering near the foot of global rankings on a range of development indicators, Cambodia is finally taking some steps in the right direction
By Daniel Besant

Cambodia's got talent

Cambodians snatched first and third places in the short-film competition at this year’s Tropfest Southeast Asia
By Logan Connor

Cambodia

Hun Sen “misinformed” over Cambodia’s mass HIV infection, says Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

Virologist jointly credited with discovering HIV calls for calm Françoise Barré-Sinoussi – credited along with her colleague Luc Montagnier as the discoverer of HIV – has said that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has been “misinformed”, following his comments regarding an outbreak of the virus in Battambang province, in Cambodia’s northwest
By David Hutt and Dene Mullen

Back to business in Cambodia

Cambodia’s parliamentary deadlock came to a close after Prime Minister Hun Sen cut a deal with the opposition that ended its year-long boycott of the National Assembly
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial

Cambodia Inc

Bretton Sciaroni, founder and senior partner of the law firm Sciaroni & Associates, discusses Cambodia’s economic transformation and potential as an investment hub
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial

Smart Axiata Cambodia: Thomas Hundt

The CEO of Smart Axiata Cambodia talks about the company’s recently created partnership with Universal Music, which gives Smart the exclusive rights for Universal Music’s entire catalogue in Cambodia, in particular for subscribers to ring-back tones, downloads or streaming
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial

Cambodia: where the price is right

Advertorial: Rooftop Real Estate knows the market and what investors can hope to gain from it
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial

Made in Cambodia

Having positioned itself as a low-cost manufacturing alternative, the Kingdom is finally attracting the big boys
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial

Sex industry

“It’s really hard for people to think of Cambodian bar workers as anything other than prostitutes”

Sex, Love and Money in Cambodia: Professional Girlfriends and Transactional Relationships is a book collating seven years of research into Cambodia’s sex and entertainment industries. Dr Heidi Hoefinger is its author
By Charlie Lancaster

Returnees

The other Cambodians

Ripped from their homes in the United States, the Kingdom’s returnees are determined to make the most of a raw deal
By Dr Heidi Hoefinger

Google puts Cambodia on the map

Internet giant begins work on its popular Street View feature in the Kingdom
By Rebecca Foster