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By Thong Sariputta • Mar 07, 2023
Increasingly unreliable weather patterns are pushing farmers into the city in search of better livelihoods. Now is the time to adapt, writes Thong Sariputta
By Andrew Haffner • Mar 03, 2023
The U.S. ambassador to the country called the sentencing of Kem Sokha a "miscarriage of justice"
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Feb 17, 2023
The festival will mark its return to Cambodia's capital and its 14th edition with a launch ceremony and masterclasses that celebrate the cinematic craft
By Oktoberfest Cambodia • Nov 18, 2022
The much-loved and long anticipated German-Cambodian festival makes a post-pandemic return to Phnom Penh for 10 days of celebration, starting from the 25 November
Traditional markets are a vibrant business hub and an important part of the Phnom Penh's identity. But rapid modernisation and changes in retail habits in the Kingdom's capital are putting them at risk
By Keithya Oung Ty • Sep 26, 2022
The Kingdom's small and medium enterprises run by women contend with traditional gender roles and lack of opportunities and access further hindering their success
By Heng Molika • Sep 07, 2022
The entrepreneurial bodybuilders' rise to social media fame and ongoing backlash highlights clashes over cultural norms in Cambodia
By Jack Brook • Feb 24, 2022
'Worlds Unknown’ offered dance, meditation and documentary journalism in a pandemic return to creative exhibition
By Fiona Kelliher • Feb 21, 2022
Nearly two years into the pandemic, the capital’s noodle callers serving the prized pork-based soup have proved resilient under extraordinary circumstances
By Text by Stew Post. Photos and video by Anton L. Delgado • Jan 04, 2022
Kavich Neang has already won international awards for “White Building.” The cinematic examination of his childhood home and city spaces will represent Cambodia at the Academy Awards
By Jack Brook and Anton L. Delgado • Oct 06, 2021
Roughly doubling in size and population over the past decade, Phnom Penh is a rapidly changing city. What the next 10 years hold is hard to predict, but we've brought on Ngo Natharoun, head of the Center for Khmer Studies, and Michael Waibel, lead of the Build4People urbanism project, to offer their insights
By Andrew Haffner • Aug 18, 2021
As KTVs and massage parlours continue to be interrupted, sex workers in Phnom Penh say they’re increasingly desperate for clients as debt piles up. With limited ability to change jobs and scant government aid, many have turned to the streets to find customers
By Kiana Duncan and Ines Sothea • Jul 27, 2021