While researching an article I wrote in early 2015 about the emergence of a Cambodian working class, I spoke to dozens of garment-factory workers who live in the peripheries of Phnom Penh, often in ...

The first place I take a visitor from out of town is to the FCC (Foreign Correspondents Club) for happy hour and a peaceful sunset. Well known in the city, the giant colonial building offers a great ...

Three locations used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by UNESCO to its World Heritage List. The three locations were inscribed to the ...

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Cambodia may be small in size, but it offers an incredible mix of ancient temples, vibrant cities, idyllic beaches and charming countryside. Whether you have a week or two to explore, the country has ...

Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, fell to the genocidal Khmer Rouge 40 years ago today At least 1.7 million people were killed in the subsequent four years, before the regime was driven out Decades ...

In his home fronting the Mekong River on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Long Botta keeps a framed photo taken in early 1974 of Cambodia’s then cabinet. The U.S.-sponsored government pictured was at the ...

Fifty years after the fall of Phnom Penh to the Khmer Rouge rebel army, the events of April 17, 1975 continue to cast a long shadow over Cambodia and its political system. Emerging from the bloodshed ...

Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Young Soeun was eight months pregnant when boy soldiers with rifles and hate in their eyes ordered her to leave home. Gathering her two young children, she began walking and ...