Founded over twenty years ago by Tina Kieffer, Happy Chandara school has just been distinguished among the fifty best schools in the world. An achievement. And the start of a new battle. Former editor-in-chief of Marie-Claire, Tina Kieffer left everything to found the Happy Chandara school in Cambodia. Twenty years later, the Varkey Foundation ranks it among the fifty best schools in the world. Portrait of a woman who is still amazed to have made it.

For a few years now, the Cambodian cultural scene has been evolving rapidly, driven by a new generation of independent actors, creative spaces, and international initiatives.

Last Saturday, Phnom Penh pulsed to the rhythm of Europe. For one day, EuroFeast transformed the capital into a true crossroads of flavors, cultures, and encounters. Under the red umbrellas, in the soft late-afternoon light, the event offered much more than a gastronomic experience: a moment of sharing, conviviality, and collective joy. Through the lens of Cambodge Mag's young intern photographer, Sofiia Chaban, this atmosphere takes on a particularly vivid dimension.

Hundreds of guests gathered under the stars for a night of gastronomy, music, and unforgettable encounters. The great European rendezvous of Cambodia once again exceeded all expectations.

Il était une fois une Cambodgienne qui avait recrutOnce upon a time, there was a Cambodian woman who hired a group of thieves to get rid of her lover's body. The story could have ended there, but the woman's treachery and cunning led one of the thieves to bitterly regret falling in love with her.

From 13 to 17 May 2026, the Cambodia International Film Festival sets up in Kampot and Kep for an exceptional edition, blending Khmer heritage, emerging voices, and a dialogue about the future of Cambodian cinema.

A Franco-Cambodian Director, a Little Girl Torn Between Two Cultures, and the Tale as the Only Thread Capable of Linking the Living to the Departed. Rotha Etienne Moeng signs a cinematic project as intimate as it is universal.

This summer, a man will lace up his sneakers and embark on an extraordinary human and athletic adventure across all of Southeast Asia. His name: Steven Kittirath. His project: the Sabaïdi Run.

Tensions on the Thai border, global trade crisis linked to Gulf conflicts, Europe's demographic aging, cultural diplomacy through opera… Prince Sisowath Ravivaddhana Monipong, ambassador of the Royal House of Cambodia and pioneer of lyric opera in Southeast Asia, gave a wide-ranging interview to journalist Luigi Galluzzo on TGCOM24. A conversation where geopolitics and musical passion converge with rare elegance.

It's a July day in Phnom Penh, where the hot and humid air makes breathing difficult. The streets leading to Tuol Sleng are noisy and crowded: the calls of tuk-tuk drivers to potential customers mix with the smell of grilled fish from street vendors.

Twenty years ago, no one would have imagined a rainbow procession crossing the streets of Siem Reap. On Friday, May 15, members of Cambodia's LGBTIQ+ community and their supporters will march side by side through the city under the theme "One Community, One Heart."

Get ready for a total immersion in Europe's culinary and musical universe! The EuroFeast Cambodia festival promises an unforgettable day on Saturday, May 9th, at Coconut Park on Koh Pich.

How Cambodian and Hmong refugees, survivors of genocide and a secret war, were dying in their sleep in California—and how Wes Craven turned this into the most influential horror film in the history of the genre.

On this Tuesday, May 5, 2026, Cambodia pauses to celebrate one of its most sacred traditions: the Royal Ceremony of the Sacred Furrow, known in Khmer as Preăh Réach Pĭthi Chrát Preăh Neăngkoăl (ព្រះរាជពិធីច្រត់ព្រះនង្គ័ល).

Many of those who visit the temple complex of Angkor Thom do not know that a discreet tomb lies concealed among the bushes and shrubs to the southwest of the road circling the Bayon. It is, however, the grave of Jean Commaille (1868–1916), the first conservator of Angkor on behalf of the École française d’Extrême‑Orient (EFEO).

On April 27, 2026, more than seventy guests gathered in the salons of the Raffles Hotel Le Royal for the opening of Évanescence, the new solo exhibition by Cambodian artist Nout Daro, presented by The Gallerist in collaboration with Phnom Penh's legendary hotel. It was, by general consensus, a resounding success.

The 16th charity concert of Musica Felice, Phnom Penh’s international choir, brings together music, theatre and solidarity for Europe Day.

The teams from the Hill Tribes Memory Community Center uncovered, on April 22, 2026, the remains of an unknown sanctuary in Koh Nhek district. A discovery that questions both Khmer history and the memory of the highland peoples.

For decades, Cambodia has played supporting roles in the global cinematic imagination — an exotic backdrop glimpsed in a single sequence, a mysterious canvas evoking lost temples. Those days are over. The country now aims to establish itself as a full-fledged filming destination, and it's taking action.

The Gallerist, in collaboration with Raffles Hotel Le Royal, is pleased to announce Evanescence, a new solo exhibition by contemporary Cambodian visual artist Nout Daro. This exhibition presents a series of paintings that question the fragility of existence — the beauty of the natural world and the human condition, always threatened with disappearance, yet also capable of persisting through memory and collective heritage.

Many Cambodians who explored the temples were never credited for their participation, and according to some, the problem has persisted for a long time.

At five in the morning, the Krous Village market bursts into a secret, frenzied life, well before the residents poke their noses out.

Just a stone's throw from the Angkor temples, a lush park houses the first incubation center for Cambodian craftsmanship. Here, dozens of artisans perpetuate millennial know-how, learn to pass it on — and make a living from it.

At the bottom of the Mekong's brown waters, an immense shadow is becoming increasingly rare. Pangasianodon gigas, the giant Mekong catfish, is a large migratory species endemic to the Mekong River basin. Due to its decline and shrinking distribution, it is now listed on the IUCN Red List as "critically endangered."