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Diaspora: Chanty Sok, One of Hollywood's Rare Khmer Actresses
The Bronx, Boston, the studios of Los Angeles: the quiet career of a Cambodian-American actress in the American film industry.

Editorial team
3 days ago3 min read


History : The Abbé Bouillevaux, The Man Who Saw Angkor Before Mouhot
Montier-en-Der, Haute-Marne. Winter, 1862. A country priest sits in his presbytery reading dispatches arriving from Paris: a certain Henri Mouhot, a naturalist dead in Laos, whose posthumously published journals have set the capital ablaze.

Editorial team
3 days ago6 min read


Cambodian Shanghai Chang: the art of weaving identities
In residence in Kep since June 20, photographer, filmmaker and fashion designer Shanghai Chang is shaping a conceptual fashion piece out of debris gathered along the coast. Portrait of a Phnom Penh-born artist who has made indiscipline his method.

Editorial team
4 days ago1 min read


Chum Mey: The Man Who Repaired His Torturers' Typewriters — One of Seven Survivors of Tuol Sleng
Born around 1930 in Prey Veng Province, Chum Mey was an ordinary mechanic before the war made him one of the very few men to survive S-21, the most notorious torture center of the Khmer Rouge regime.

Editorial team
5 days ago5 min read


Who Still Speaks French in Cambodia? A Language Between Memory and Technological Hope
Phnom Penh will host the 20th Francophonie Summit this November, with more than 90 delegations expected, flags and protocol speeches guaranteed. A powerful symbol for a country whose late King Norodom Sihanouk was one of the organisation's founding figures back in 1970.

Editorial team
5 days ago3 min read


Khmer without the detour: a pocket guide reinvents oral learning for expats
Le BA-BA du KHMER ORAL," by Fabien Peyronnet, positions itself as a serious alternative to standard tourist phrasebooks

Editorial team
5 days ago2 min read


Sailing – Discovery Center, Kep West: Kep Takes to the Skies, Meet the Pioneers
À Kep, deux passionnés posent les jalons d’une communauté de kitesurf autour du Sailing – Discovery Center de Kep West. Frédéric Seynaeve et Gérard Vann nous racontent leur aventure.

La Rédaction
6 days ago1 min read


The Forgotten Pharmacopoeia of the Khmers, at the roots of a thousand-year-old healing tradition
Inscribed on palm-leaf manuscripts in the Pali language, encoded in the stonework of Angkor's temples, passed down from generation to generation by the Kru Khmer healers, traditional Khmer medicine stands as one of the great medical traditions of Southeast Asia.

Editorial team
6 days ago9 min read


Raffles Cambodia: Two Historic Gems Dominate the 2026 Travel + Leisure Luxury Awards
At the prestigious Travel + Leisure Luxury Awards Asia-Pacific 2026, Raffles Hotel Le Royal has been crowned Cambodia's best city hotel, while its sister property, Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor, claims second place in this highly coveted ranking.

Editorial team
7 days ago2 min read


Hang Nget : The Only Girl Among the Dead — A Childhood Shattered by the Khmer Rouge
Born in 1958, the eldest child of a Cambodian farming family, Hang Nget was sixteen years old when the Khmer Rouge seized power in April 1975. Over four years, she lost her father, four brothers, and nearly everything that had constituted her life. Her testimony, collected in 2010 by TPO Cambodia and preserved in the DC-Cam archives in Phnom Penh, stands as one of the most shattering documents in the memory of the Cambodian genocide.

La Rédaction
7 days ago6 min read


“A Little House in the Middle of the Rice Fields”: Clara Neumann, Between Purpose and Letting Go
From the Basque Country to Senegal, the Philippines and now Cambodia, Clara Neumann found far more than a detour in Kep — a rhythm, a breath of fresh air, and perhaps a reason to stay a little longer.

Editorial team
7 days ago4 min read


Indochina & History : The Man Who Vanished into the Khmer Jungle
He entered the Cambodian forest with two elephants, an interpreter, and theories about rubber. Eight days later, he stumbled out without a shirt or shoes, gaunt and dishevelled, utterly spent — having walked two hundred kilometres without food.

Editorial team
7 days ago4 min read


Pascal Catry, CCIFC President: : “Creating value for our members”
Four months ago, Pascal Catry took the helm of the French-Cambodian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFC), succeeding Cyril Girot in a relatively favourable economic climate: healthy finances, growing membership, renewed momentum.

Editorial team
Jun 255 min read


Cambodia Bets on India and Australia: AirAsia and the CTB Sign a Strategic Alliance to Revive Tourism
Two signatures were enough to formalize what the sector had been enough or several months: a strategic cooperation agreement between AirAsia Cambodia and the Cambodia Tourism Board (CTB). On one side, Nam Vissoth, CEO of AirAsia Cambodia.

Editorial team
Jun 253 min read


Solidarity: They carry the soul of Cambodia on their backs — who will carry theirs?
The Airavata Foundation is relaunching its charity gala on August 12 in Phnom Penh and is calling on businesses to commit to supporting the Kingdom’s elephants.

Editorial team
Jun 253 min read


« Cambodia revealed to me what I truly wanted to build » — Jean-Emanuel Stevens, founder of Vibe Event Solutions
Arriving in Cambodia in 2023 for a simple tourist trip, Jean-Emanuel Stevens never really left. Holding a master’s degree in digital marketing and having worked with Luxembourg start-ups, in university teaching, and behind the scenes at Audi France, this 30-year-old Frenchman chose Phnom Penh to settle down and launch Vibe Event Solutions, a ticketing and event production platform.

Editorial team
Jun 224 min read


New Caledonian on the fairway — how Fabrice Ho is helping reshape the future of golf
At Chuun On Golf Resort & PGA, this native of New Caledonia is patiently building something that did not exist before: a world-class golf destination on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.

Christophe Gargiulo
Jun 224 min read


Karim Belkacem Saadi: The gamble of a living theater at the heart of Cambodia
A stage director trained at the Geneva School of Fine Arts, Karim Belkacem Saadi chose Phnom Penh as the ground for an unusual artistic venture: founding a contemporary theater school, opening two performance venues, and training an entire generation of Cambodian actors—without public subsidies, without safety nets, driven solely by the conviction that live art can change how we see the world.

Editorial team
Jun 226 min read


Major news for international tourism: Chhun On Golf Resort joins the big leagues
By signing a historic agreement with the British PGA, Chhun On Golf Resort reaches a decisive milestone. A closer look at the people behind an ambition that goes beyond the fairways.

Editorial team
Jun 225 min read


Angkêt de mots,” when Phnom Penh celebrates the meeting of two languages
The SOSORO Museum inaugurated on Sunday morning a temporary exhibition as unusual as it is captivating, dedicated to the borrowings of Khmer from French. A major cultural event, just months before the Francophonie Summit.

Editorial team
Jun 224 min read


Shanghai Chang Joins Art for Kep: A Residency at the Crossroads of Identity and Movement
From 20 June 2026, Art for Kep welcomes Shanghai Chang for a one-month residency at the singular setting of Knai Bang Chatt, in Kep. A contemporary artist, filmmaker, and notable co-founder of the Homeless Artists Collective, Shanghai Chang is based in Phnom Penh and works across a wide range of creative disciplines, reflecting a deep engagement with Cambodia's evolving cultural and social landscapes.

Partenaire Presse
Jun 211 min read


Tradition: Birthday of Her Majesty the Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk
Her Majesty Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk celebrates her 90th birthday on Thursday, June 18, 2025.

Youk Chhang
Jun 184 min read


Cambodia & Technology: Buzz Around French Tech in Phnom Penh
The Last Stage Theater, Aquation, had not seen such a crowd in a long time. On Tuesday, June 16, La French Tech Phnom Penh held its first Tech Talk there, and the venue was overflowing: more than 150 entrepreneurs, investors, students, and institutional representatives packed into the former elegant theater.

Editorial team
Jun 183 min read


Khmerica: the Francophone memory of Cambodia resurfaces online
Five years after disappearing from the web, one of the most valuable digital libraries dedicated to Cambodia is being revived under the auspices of the SOSORO Museum. A revival that speaks as much to researchers as to those nostalgic for a vanished Phnom Penh.

Editorial team
Jun 172 min read
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