Khmer Rouge history is a sensitive subject in Cambodia, though the ongoing Khmer Rouge trials and recent inclusion of more comprehensive teaching materials in the national secondary curriculum have helped. But while it took many years to get a textbook into the nation’s classrooms, the authors say the real challenges have just begun. Dy Khamboly, [...]
Cambodian food is not well known. There are few Cambodian restaurants in foreign countries, and until recently there were not that many restaurants in the country of Cambodia. But a Cambodian mother and daughter have put Cambodian cuisine on the map, winning in February a prestigious Gourmand Award, for 2009’s “Best Asian Cuisine Cookbook in [...]
It’s wedding season for Cambodia’s Muslims. Living alongside with their Khmer counterparts, Chams in Cambodia have their own customs and traditions of marriage—though with a little less celebration. Unlike traditional Khmer wedding celebrations, in which sounds of wedding songs and musical instruments can be heard from the bride’s house, a Cham celebration contains no songs [...]
Cambodia always holds annual Water Festival which draws attentions to millions of people from different municipalities and provinces to come into Phnom Penh. This year, Water Festival takes place during three days from November 1 to 3. Touch Naroth, chief of Phnom Penh police, was quoted by the VOA as saying that, “we have enough [...]
It is the first time Cambodia have been voted to one of 21 permanent member of World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in 17th general assembly in Paris from Oct 23 to 28, 2009, representing 186 countries in the world. Speaking in graduation ceremony of a university in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s prime minister Hun Sen said [...]
In a bid to conserve the heritage sites and the value, Cambodia’s government will list the 12th century Banteay Chmar temple as World Heritage Site, located in Bateay Mean Chey province about 60 km distance in the northern area of provincial town. Delegation from Foundation for World Heritage and experts from UNESCO will visit the [...]