Founded in 2023 by chef Phila Lorn and his wife Rachel Seng in the historic South 9th Street Italian Market, Mawn is much more than just a restaurant. It embodies a story of resilience. Phila Lorn's parents, survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime, immigrated to the United States in 1985 after spending years in refugee camps.

Heroic soldier Chhaun Tola sacrificed his life on the night of December 13, 2025, due to a bomb dropped by a Thai military drone at the frontlines of the Ta Moan Temple sector.

The 15th Cambodia International Film Festival (CIFF) enters its final phase with an intense and emotionally rich program. From March 27 to 29, 2026, the spotlight will shine on local and international talents, offering premieres, tributes, and discoveries for all audiences.

The former U.S. Embassy building in Phnom Penh, constructed in the 1960s, is currently being demolished for structural safety reasons. This symbol of a tumultuous diplomatic era gives way to modern Cambodian history.

In Austin, Texas—the city where electric guitars fuse with startups—, Salicia Nicollete Kol shines as a Khmer American rewriting the rules of success.

Cambodia and France are joining forces to ensure the success of the 20th Francophonie Summit, scheduled for November 15 and 16, 2026, in Phnom Penh. In an interview with AKP on March 25, the French Ambassador to Cambodia, H.E. Olivier Richard, praised this close collaboration.

At the fall of Phnom Penh, on April 17, 1975, the French embassy became an improvised ark for thousands of foreign nationals and Cambodians. For thirteen days, vice‑consul Jean Dyrac had to manage the impossible: protect those under his care without delivering others to the Khmer Rouge killing machine. Between the official narrative, the archives, and the wounded memories of survivors, this is a revisit of a largely forgotten tragedy.

As the Phnom Penh condominium market rationalizes, foreign investors, particularly Europeans, favor projects by recognized developers in central neighborhoods and shun speculative operations.

After six successful editions organized in various Francophone regions, the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) continues its commitment to an ambitious and supportive economic Francophonie by organizing, in collaboration with the Djiboutian authorities, a new Francophonie economic mission from October 6 to 8, 2026, in Djibouti.