Culture

How many Khmer Surin (Northern Khmer) live in Thailand today? Explore population estimates, maps and history behind this major Khmer...

A witty retelling of the Khmer folktale of Kong Hean, the coward mistaken for a hero after “defeating” a tiger,...

In the Cambodian Reamker, Hanuman enlarges himself to hide Rama inside his mouth, shielding him from Mahiravana and revealing the...

Discover who Ben Kiernan is, how he documented the Cambodian genocide, and why his work on Cambodia and global genocide...

Beneath the Phnom Penh sun, this iron screw-press now stands in Sosoro Museum’s courtyard, still echoing King Ang Duong’s 1853...

Discover the meaning of the Khmer proverb “កុំដាំស្រូវនៅផ្លូវដំរី” (“Don’t plant rice on the elephants’ path”) and how it guides wise,...

Khmer warrior fighting a demon at Banteay Chhmar Temple, a dramatic Angkor-era bas-relief revealing Jayavarman VII’s turbulent battles and sacred...

Who was Son Ngoc Thanh? Explore the life of Cambodia’s elusive nationalist: editor, guerrilla leader and twice prime minister in...

Cambodia’s Dancing Shiva statue is reborn through landmark conservation, reuniting lost fragments of a Khmer masterpiece after decades in separation.

African tulip tree (Spathodea campanulata) in Phnom Penh, capturing vivid orange blooms, tropical light, and everyday Cambodian streetside beauty for...