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Bou Meng: The Painter Who Survived by Sketching the Faces of His Tormentors — One of Seven Survivors of Tuol Sleng
Spared for his talent as a painter, Bou Meng survived S-21 by putting brush to canvas for his own captors. A portrait of one of the last seven known adult survivors of the Khmer Rouge regime's deadliest prison.

Editorial team
Aug 63 min read


Taekwon-Do: Cambodia Wins Seven Medals and the Right to Host the 2028 Asian Championships
Seven medals in Mongolia and the right to host the 2028 edition: Cambodia confirms its rising profile on the Asian ITF Taekwon-Do scene.

Editorial team
Aug 62 min read


90% of Cambodian Hoteliers Miss Targets — EuroCham Demands Visa Reform
Tourism revenue in freefall, EuroCham raises the alarm: the European chamber of commerce urges Phnom Penh to overhaul its visa policy to revive a sector in distress.

Editorial team
Aug 63 min read


Kep & Gastronomy: August Tides, Fresh Catch brings Kep's finest seafood to the table at Crab & Co
There are towns that serve seafood, and there is Kep. Long before the phrase "farm to table" entered anyone's vocabulary, Kep's fishermen were already living it — hauling in blue crab and mackerel at dawn, selling it still glistening at the market by the water an hour later.

Editorial team
Aug 41 min read


Discovery Center: The Secret Lake of Kampot, A Kayak Journey Through Khmer History
Just a few kilometres from Kampot, between pepper plantations and karst hills, a stretch of water carries a name that is both intriguing and misleading: the Secret Lake. Far from being a simple scenic spot, this man-made body of water holds the memory of a dark period in Cambodian history. Today, Kep West's Discovery Center runs kayak trips here, gliding silently between drowned trees and water lilies, through one of the most striking landscapes in the province.

Editorial team
Aug 42 min read


Kep & Art de Vivre: The Treasures of Knai Bang Chatt
On the southern coast of Cambodia, facing the sea that lines Kep Bay, three former private villas have become one of the most singular retreats in Southeast Asia. Here, nothing is decorative by chance: every jar, every wall, every light switch carries a story. This is the inside story of Knai Bang Chatt, told the way you might tell the story of a country.

Editorial team
Aug 41 min read


Music & History : Pen Ran, the Rock Voice That Stirred Up 1960s Cambodia
There's a song where she owns being 31 and single, and so what? In 1960s Cambodia, that simply wasn't done. Pen Ran sang it anyway. Between psychedelic rock, cha-cha-cha and near-constant controversy, here's a look back at the meteoric career of a Cambodian singer whose disappearance under the Khmer Rouge remains, to this day, wrapped in unanswered questions.

Editorial team
Aug 43 min read


Cambodia & Tourism: Chhlong, the Last Lights of the Mekong
Between baroque façades eaten away by the monsoon, a market bursting with color, and pre-Angkorian legends, Chhlong, a small town in Kratié province, still holds the memory of a vanished golden age.

Editorial team
Aug 46 min read


Tourism: Cambodia Tourism Board Sharpens Its International Marketing Strategy for H1 2026
International media, travel agents, airlines, partner tourism boards: in the first half of 2026, the Cambodia Tourism Board (CTB) rolled out a four-channel marketing strategy to reposition Cambodia on the global tourism map. It is groundwork whose effects, the institution itself cautions, will only be measurable in the medium term.

Editorial team
Aug 32 min read
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