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ECONOMY & INVESTMENT
Canadia Group meets Philippine government delegation to explore new collaboration
Canadia Group hosted a delegation from the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), led by Maria Cristina Aldeguer Roque, Philippine Secretary of Trade and Industry, and Bianca Pearl R. Sykimte, Director of the DTI’s Export Marketing Bureau.
Editorial team
2 days ago2 min read
Blue Helmets: Cambodia Marks Twenty Years of UN Peacekeeping
Thirty years ago, Cambodia hosted the blue helmets of UNTAC. Since 2006, it has been sending its own. On Saturday 24 October, in Kampong Speu, the government celebrated two decades of taking part in UN peace operations: 74 contingents, 10,914 military personnel, ten countries. The milestone comes as the UN cuts its forces and prepares to close its mission in Lebanon.
Editorial team
3 days ago4 min read
Editorial: Cambodia's Francophonie Summit Offers World Leaders a Platform to Address Global Challenges
With about 20 days to go before Cambodia hosts the 20th Francophonie Summit and the 48th Session of the Ministerial Conference of La Francophonie (CMF) in Phnom Penh, the Kingdom is getting ready to welcome world leaders. On the table: global challenges and the search for common solutions.
Editorial team
3 days ago4 min read
Cambodia: costly electricity is holding back industrial upgrading
Cambodia is generating more power and has extended it to almost every household. But for manufacturers it remains one of the most expensive in Southeast Asia, and it is not reliable enough. An AMRO report sees this as a brake on higher-value industries.
Editorial team
3 days ago3 min read
TOURISM & HOSPITALITY
Horse riding in Phnom Penh: Genius Resort takes the reins
In Sen Sok, north of the capital, an equestrian centre has picked up where the Country Club left off. More than fifty horses and ponies, a covered arena, an international-standard outdoor ring and a certificate recognised in France. Children start riding at three.
Editorial team
3 days ago3 min read
In Kep, the season opens barefoot on the sand at Coco Beach
From 6 to 8 November, Kep West kicks off the season with “Wind, Waves and a Beach Party”. A film on the beach on Friday. A full day on the water on Saturday, followed by a sunset barbecue with live music. Then half-price rentals on Sunday. Come for one evening or stay the whole weekend.
Editorial team
3 days ago3 min read
Cambodia & Destination: Skuon, insect market
Various species of edible insects are on offer to locals and foreigners in Skuon, a town located around 70 kilometres north of the capital..
Voyageuse Passion
3 days ago2 min read
West Mebon: Angkor's Temple in the Great Lake Is Restored
The scaffolding is gone. At the centre of the West Baray, West Mebon has recovered its 11th-century outline. The APSARA National Authority plans to inaugurate it in November 2026. Visitors have not waited.
Editorial team
7 days ago3 min read
ARTS & CULTURE, SPORTS AND LIFESTYLE
Blaise Kilian: “For young Cambodians, a museum has to speak to them”
Commissioned by the National Bank of Cambodia for the year of the Francophonie Summit, the exhibition “Angkêt de mots” tells the story of French words that found their way into Khmer. Nearly 12,000 people have visited in five months. The 1960s karaoke corner gets young people singing, and the Sunday theatre performance is always sold out. Blaise Kilian, co-director of the Sosoro Museum, talks about this success and the museum’s Francophonie programme this autumn. The exhibiti
Christophe Gargiulo
5 hours ago6 min read
Bernard and the wedding next door: in Cambodia, the noise is always someone else’s
Bernard has lived in Cambodia for eight years. When a wedding tent goes up under his window, he knows he is in for it and drafts his complaint at once. He doesn’t yet know who it will end up serving.
Editorial team
2 days ago5 min read
Tini Tinou 2026: circus festival expands to Siem Reap and Battambang
Phare Ponleu Selpak launches an "Angkor to Arts Corridor" from 17 to 24 November, with more than 100 artists and the opening of a museum of children's drawings from Site 2.
Editorial team
3 days ago3 min read
HEALTH & BEAUTY
Cambodia & Health: After Childbirth, the Herbal Wines That Worry Doctors
In Cambodia, many new mothers drink roots and bark steeped in rice alcohol to get their strength back. A study led in part by the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge and Calmette Hospital links these remedies to liver damage. Yet sra thnam remains a pillar of Khmer tradition.
Editorial team
3 days ago4 min read
Special Report & Cambodia: Antibiotics Over the Counter, Resistance on the Ward
A fever, a sore throat, and the village pharmacy sells a few capsules without a prescription. Several studies published in 2026 show the habit has not faded. In hospitals, bacteria are increasingly resistant to basic treatments, even in very young children.
Editorial team
3 days ago4 min read
In Cambodia, HIV still infects eight young people every week
In June, the kingdom became the first country in Asia and the Pacific to reach the global HIV treatment targets. Yet almost one in two new infections involves someone aged 15 to 24. And what young people know about the virus is slipping.
Editorial team
Sep 273 min read
Beauty & Kep: Sam Taroth tries Kep West's fruity facial
At the Kep West Wellness Center, the facial starts in the kitchen rather than a jar. Mango for vitamin C, pressed cucumber for the tonic, yogurt, a little lavender. Sam Taroth has already tried yoga and massage here. This time she hands her face to Mao Sophear, the center's Senior Spa Therapist.
Editorial team
Sep 231 min read
RESTAURATION & GASTRONOMY
Shasne Suleimanova at Topaz: “A lunch designed for people who don’t have a minute to lose”
Fashion stylist, editor, PR specialist, model and a followed voice in Phnom Penh, Shasne Suleimanova knows the capital’s good tables. She sat down at Topaz to try the business lunch. Fish and seafood lifted with spices, a creamy dessert, a cup of coffee: she left with a very good memory of it. We met a food lover who admits a soft spot for French cuisine.
Editorial team
3 days ago3 min read
Malis & Recipe : Famous and traditional Khmer Prahok Ktis
This incredible dish is made with Cambodian fermented fish, kroeng, minced pork, pea eggplant, chili and coconut milk. It’s a true signature
Coin gourmand
3 days ago2 min read
Malis: Saraman Beef from Cambodia, Slowly Simmered in Coconut Cream
At Malis in Phnom Penh, the saraman beef is cooked very slowly in coconut cream, with a special kroeung and peanuts. It is listed at just 21 dollars on the menu of the Norodom Boulevard restaurant.
Coin gourmand
Oct 183 min read
KEP & KAMPOT GAZETTE
Christophe Astolfi at Kep West: a Gypsy jazz heavyweight meets Enrique De Feo
Guitarist Christophe Astolfi, a respected name in European Gypsy jazz, is in Kep. On Saturday 31 October he shares the stage at The Wave with Argentine singer and guitarist Enrique De Feo, as part of the Art for Kep – Music City artistic programme.
Editorial team
2 days ago3 min read
Pheakday Phang, the soul of Knai Bang Chatt and of the Kep West adventure
Pheakday Phang is 40. He comes from Kampot province and has worked at Knai Bang Chatt for six years. As resident manager, he runs the resort and Kep West’s Discovery Center.
Editorial team
5 days ago3 min read
Julia Higgs shows her drawings on fabric in Kep and draws live to the sound of singing bowls
Australian artist Julia Higgs presents the works made during her Art for Kep residency on Saturday 17 October at Kep West Wellness Center. The exhibition is called “Earth ផែនដី : Water ទឹក។”. It includes a live drawing performance, with Lana Yang on singing bowls. Entry is free.
Editorial team
Oct 132 min read
Art for Kep puts the Khmer kite in the hands of Kep's children: two full workshops
On Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September, Art for Kep launched a workshop at the Kep West Wellness Center on making the khleng ek, the Khmer musical kite, with the Association for the Conservation and Development of Khmer Kites. Children from the NGOs CEK and Kep Gardens came in numbers and full of enthusiasm: both sessions were full. Every team built its own kite, and one large kite was given to Art for Kep
Editorial team
Sep 281 min read
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