Cambodian Documentary to Premiere at Sundance Festival
It took four years to finish the documentary “A River Changes Course,” but the efforts of American-Cambodian filmmaker Kalyanne Mam and the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) have paid off:…
After ‘The Killing Fields,’ a Director Reflects
Roland Joffe could never have known how a story of friendship that he helped to tell, born out of one of the greatest tragedies of the last century, would endure…
The Grandeur of Angkor Illustrated in ‘Le Petit Journal’
The collection of French newspaper illustrations dating back to 1875, and which are now exhibited at the Make Maek art gallery in Battambang City, started with Mathieu Damperon rummaging through…
Ethnic Jarai Community Stands its Ground
[This story was originally published September 14, 2012] O’Yadaw district, Ratanakkiri province – In the beginning, the Jarai lived as one in the forested foothills on at the southern tip…
The American Accountant Who Tried to Topple Hun Sen
[This story was originally published August 18, 2012] The story behind the story that U.S. journalist Adam Piore recently published in the online magazine The Atavist began in April 1999…
TV Show Reunites Families Separated During KR Regime
[This story was originally published November 25, 2011] For 36 years, Sorn Sarim had been haunted by one thought: Would he ever see his family again? He was a government…
Newspaper Man Visits the Boeng Kak Lake
“Newspaper Man just wants to share information with the people about what’s going on,” says Khvay Samnang, who wrapped himself in the pages of four local newspapers on March 7, 2011,…
‘Our City’ Turns Focus on Phnom Penh’s Rivers
More than 30 projects, exhibitions in 15 venues and multiple events throughout the city: all over the course of 10 days. …
A Taste of Authentic Taiwan in Cambodia’s Capital
Surrounded by new shops and refurbished buildings along Charles de Gaulle Boulevard, Maple Cafe looks old. Its facade is fading. The sign above the entrance, once green, is shading toward…
Eat Up, Amigos
Taqueria Corona, the new Mexican-style restaurant on Phnom Penh’s Street 51, is an inviting, unpretentious establishment recently opened but already making friends out of acquaintances. …
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