Cambodia confirms its accelerating integration into global value chains, driven by the United States, Vietnam and China — even as the import bill grows just as fast.

A chronicle of a conservation expedition in northeastern Cambodia, where science occasionally gave way to olfactory marketing. A true story — names have been changed to protect the anonymity (and dignity) of those involved.

Facing French Ambassador Olivier Richard, who had just outlined his reading of the Franco-Cambodian year, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, His Excellency Prak Sokhonn, replied at the French Embassy in Phnom Penh with a resolutely Cambodian reading of that same 2026: that of a partnership the Kingdom intends to see grow, all the way to the rank of strategic partnership.

For his first Bastille Day reception in Cambodia, French Ambassador Olivier Richard chose to look far ahead. Before an audience of ministers, diplomats and members of the French community, he laid out, on Monday evening, the picture of a 2026 unlike any other, one in which “we have the chance to write a new page” in the history of relations between Paris and Phnom Penh.

For one weekend, Sara and Cindy swapped the bustle of Phnom Penh for the calm of Templation, about ten minutes from downtown Siem Reap. On the agenda: one night in a pool villa, another in the famous Jungloo, surrounded by beautiful exotic greenery. Here's what they thought.

On Pasteur Street, at the corner of Streets 51 and 228, Khéma Pasteur occupies the ground floor of the Arunreas Hotel as though it had always been there. Between the clink of glasses, the smell of melted butter drifting out of the kitchen, and the quiet bustle of the waitstaff, the place has been quietly pursuing its mission for well over a decade now: keeping the spirit of the French brasserie alive in the heart of Phnom Penh, without ever settling for a postcard-pretty déco

Le récit personnel de quelques jours où le Golfe, un tapis de yoga et une pagaie de kayak se sont ligués pour défaire des mois de fatigue urbaine.

One name keeps coming up on Phnom Penh's music scene: Arôme Khmer. This fusion band draws on Cambodia's golden era to craft a sound that is thoroughly contemporary, one that appeals equally to fans of Khmer psychedelic rock and to lovers of world music — and it is also a regular presence on the Kep West stage, where it performs once a month.

Elected within a few weeks as councillor for French citizens in Cambodia, then as a member of the Assembly of French Citizens Abroad, Matthias Vazquez champions an approach built on collective action, civic dialogue and grassroots engagement. After a particularly intense first month in office, he looks back at the method behind his election, his first actions and trips, and his vision for representing the French community in Cambodia and, more broadly, across Asia-Pacific.