As night falls over the capital’s “Chaktomuk Walk Street”, strings of lights flicker on and crowds pour into the pedestrian zone. Among families, couples and groups of young people strolling beneath ...

Phnom Penh’s urban beautification drive has included sweeping poor people off the streets. Photo credit: Shankar S via Flickr This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Graffiti in Cambodia has not historically been very common, but that’s changing fast due to the city’s relatively young and increasingly urban and networked population. While ...

The plight during the COVID pandemic of Khim Ha, a 46-year-old Phnom Penh food cart vendor and member of the Khmer Krom ethnic group-- which is frequently involved in such small businesses -- shows ...

PHNOM PENH: The Phnom Penh administration has prohibited the use of cigarettes and all kinds of smoking devices on the riverside pedestrian street “Walking Street” every weekend. The municipal ...

Phnom Penh has been broadly overlooked by tourists. Internationally, many travellers opt to travel to Bangkok or Ho Chi Minh when looking for busy, bustling cities in South-east Asia. Even domestic ...

Known to Western travellers as the Pearl of Asia and the Paris of the East in the 1920s and 30s, Phnom Penh was famed for its grand boulevards and colonial architecture, charming riverside promenades ...

Note: this video was filmed pre-pandemic. Born in France to parents who escaped the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s, artist FONKi grew up in Montreal and developed a successful career as a graffiti ...

Cyclo riders move slowly through Phnom Penh’s pedestrianised riverside, offering visitors a traditional ride amid the evening bustle. - PPP PHNOM PENH: As night falls over the capital’s “Chaktomuk ...