Culture

Discover how Paul Pelliot’s work on Chinese sources and Zhou Daguan helped shape modern understandings of Cambodian and Southeast Asian...

Crested Euphorbia lactea growing along the road from Phnom Penh to Kampong Cham, a cactus-like spurge turning Cambodia’s dry roadside...

Concise review of Paul Pelliot’s 1925 study on Chinese texts about Indianized Indochina, its Funan legends and Indian Ocean trade,...

Umbrella Uprising (1942) in Cambodia explained: why monks marched, what happened in Phnom Penh, and why the “Umbrella War” still...

Sandstone lintel from Phnom Da, Takeo, depicting the Churning of the Ocean of Milk, where Khmer artisans retell the Hindu...

Indian heliotrope (ប្រមោជដំរី) flowering in a Cambodian field, a resilient wild medicinal plant that connects everyday landscapes with Khmer herbal...

Discover the chapei dang veng, Cambodia’s long-necked lute that blends humor, wisdom, and poetry. Explore its history, meaning, and modern...

Chapei Dang Veng, Cambodia’s ancient lute-and-song tradition, blends music, poetry, and social commentary to pass down wisdom, humor, and cultural...

Discover who Marguerite Duras really was: her Indochina childhood, Cambodia memories, major books and films, and why “The Lover” still...

Discover how Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihanouk led The Royal Crusade for Independence — a dazzling diplomatic victory that freed the...