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Cambodian Shanghai Chang: the art of weaving identities
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (91+ words) Cambodgemag A piece born of the sea's debris Every day, Shanghai Chang walks Kep in search of material: stranded fishing nets, rope, plastic tossed up by the tide " everything the sea and the local fishing economy leave behind on the…...
Who Still Speaks French in Cambodia? A Language Between Memory and Technological Hope
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (601+ words) Cambodgemag Phnom Penh will host the 20th Francophonie Summit this November, with more than 90 delegations expected, flags and protocol speeches guaranteed. A powerful symbol for a country whose late King Norodom Sihanouk was one of the organisation's founding figures back in…...
Chum Mey: The Man Who Repaired His Torturers' Typewriters " One of Seven Survivors of Tuol Sleng
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (746+ words) Distribu" en exclusivit" par Ucare Pharmacy Born around 1930 in Prey Veng Province, Chum Mey was an ordinary mechanic before the war made him one of the very few men to survive S-21, the most notorious torture center of the Khmer Rouge…...
Khmer Rouge: the Marc Filloux mystery resurfaces, fifty years after his disappearance
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (464+ words) Cambodgemag He vanished in 1974 in northern Cambodia while trying to interview the Khmer Rouge. Marc Filloux, a young AFP reporter, was only 29. Fifty years later, Jean-Fran'ois Bouvet retraces his fate in an investigative book, "L'homme qui voulait rencontrer les Khmers…...
Khmer without the detour: a pocket guide reinvents oral learning for expats
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (358+ words) Distribu" en exclusivit" par Ucare Pharmacy As Cambodia's French-speaking community continues to grow, a new tool answers a recurring need among foreign residents: the ability to speak Khmer from day one, without first tackling the written script. "Le BA-BA du…...
From Phnom Penh to Paris: Cambodia Steers the Race to Lead the Francophonie
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (468+ words) Distribu" en exclusivit" par Ucare Pharmacy The 47th Extraordinary Session of the Ministerial Conference, chaired by Cambodia's top diplomat, opens the public audition of candidates for the OIF Secretary General post " a vote that lays bare the geopolitical fault lines running…...
Raffles Cambodia: Two Historic Gems Dominate the 2026 Travel + Leisure Luxury Awards
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (245+ words) Distribu" en exclusivit" par Ucare Pharmacy At the prestigious Travel + Leisure Luxury Awards Asia-Pacific 2026, Raffles Hotel Le Royal has been crowned Cambodia's best city hotel, while its sister property, Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor, claims second place in this highly coveted…...
Hang Nget: The Only Girl Among the Dead " A Childhood Shattered by the Khmer Rouge
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (549+ words) Distribu" en exclusivit" par Ucare Pharmacy Her testimony was collected on 16 July 2010 in Phnom Penh by TPO counselor Srea Ratha, as part of the testimonial therapy program developed by TPO Cambodia (Transcultural Psychosocial Organization). It is now held in the…...
Cambodia & Book: When Art Refuses to Forget: Soko Phay and the Wounds of the Cambodian Genocide
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (268+ words) Distribu" en exclusivit" par Ucare Pharmacy Published by "ditions Naima in March 2026, "Cambodge, l'art devant l'extr'me" is far more than an academic essay. It is an intimate and rigorous journey through fifty years of creation in the face of the…...
Cambodia & Minorities: In Kdol Leu, the S'tieng relearn how to say who they are
2+ week, 1+ day ago (195+ words) Distribu" en exclusivit" par Ucare Pharmacy Tboung Khmum. In the community house of Kdol Leu, under the tin roof that rattles slightly in the afternoon heat, about thirty villagers sit on wooden benches. There are grandmothers with weathered faces, men…...