Culture
Picture of the day: Angkor Wat at sunrise, grayscale, watercolor
This ethereal vision of Angkor Wat, mirrored in tranquil waters, is a digitally generated artwork created with AI. Its monochrome...
Sangkum Reastr Niyum: Modernity, Monarchy and the “Golden Age” of Sihanouk’s Cambodia
Sangkum Reastr Niyum was the dominant political movement in Cambodia from the mid‑1950s to 1970, closely identified with Prince Norodom...
Picture of the day: Kaundinya I and Queen Soma, Founders of Funan
Founders of Cambodia’s earliest kingdom, Kaundinya I and Queen Soma embody the legendary union between an Indian Brahmin prince and...
Picture of the day: Baphuon Temple, Cleaning the Moat
Photographer Lim Bunhong has documented the everyday work of APSARA authority to maintain and preserve the Angkor Archaeological Park and...
Sisowath Sirik Matak: Prince, Coup‑Maker, and Martyr of the Khmer Republic
Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak was a Cambodian royal and politician who became one of the key architects of the 1970...
The Khmer Rouge: An Introduction
The Khmer Rouge was a radical communist movement that ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979, attempting to remake the country...
Picture of the day: Flowers of the cannonball tree
Cannonball tree (Couroupita guianensis, រាំងភ្នំ réang phnom) offers cannonball-like fruits, but also magnificent flowers. This picture was taken in Sofitel...
Roots of a Long Conflict: From Angkor to Border Treaties
Looking for the roots of the current Thai-Cambodian conflict only in 19th-20th century border drawing is to ignore centuries of...
Picture of the day: Bomb craters in Kandal
Bomb craters in rice fields of Kandal province, reminders of the secret U.S. bombing campaign ordered by President Nixon during...
Who’s Who: Lon Nol, From Soldier to “Marshal of the Republic”
Origins and Rise in the Kingdom Lon Nol (លន់ នល់) was born in Prey Veng province in November 1913 into a...
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