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Spirit house and shrine, Wat Phnom, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Wat Phnom Afternoon

A visit to Wat Phnom, the historical origin of the name for the city of Phnom Penh...

Cambodia Robert Tompkins

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Dinner and a Movie

Celeste Heiter's Dinner & a Movie Weblog A Daily Diary of My Adventures in Asian Food & Film The ...

Cambodia Celeste Heiter

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Kong Nai, the Ray Charles of Cambodia

This blind master, whose music is more popular abroad than at home, may be the last link to Cambo...

Cambodia AFP/Ros Sothea

The sniper tower overlooks the club

Christmas in Cambodia

There was an idyllic window of opportunity, post-1997 coup, pre-1998 elections, when Cambodia was...

Cambodia Kim Fay

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Cambodia on the Web

Our links to web sites on Cambodia...

Cambodia ThingsAsian

City of Ghosts

Film Review: City of Ghosts

Set in Cambodia, Matt Dillon stars as Jimmy Cremmins, a key player in a huge homeowners insurance...

Cambodia Celeste Heiter

The Security Regulations of Tuol Sleng Prison.

You Must Not Cry At All: Tuol Sleng and Cambodia's Ruin

In an effort to draw foreign exchange from tourism, Cambodia tends to popularize its most famous ...

Cambodia Kenneth Champeon

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Cosmetic surgery in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, April 3, 2009 - Phorn Lisa isn't just prepared to go under the knife for a new nose -...

Cambodia AFP/Kounila Keo

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Ordinary Cambodians speak up

Cambodia, 2004 - After 27 years of waiting, Cambodia and the international community are at logge...

Cambodia Ann Kohler

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Cambodian Schools

Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2004 - Cambodia's school system resembles many other arms of the country's ...

Cambodia Ann Kohler

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Royal Ploughing ceremony in Cambodia

In a park outside the Royal Palace, King Norodom Sihamoni presides over the country's Royal Ploug...

Cambodia Agence-France Presse AFP

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A Master of Delusions

Review of what seems to be the only biography of Pol Pot extant.

Cambodia Kenneth Champeon

Unexpected Holiday in Cambodia

Even though it was only going to be a four-day excursion, I had planned out the details for my tr...

Cambodia Donald Gilliland

The Newsboy and the Nun

My mid-January arrival in Phnom Penh was greeted by enthusiastic shouts and singing. Fleets of ve...

Cambodia Donald Gilliland

Phnom Penh Enlightenment

I heard nothing but warnings: Be careful! Watch what you do! Don't go out alone at night! Don't c...

Cambodia Donald Gilliland

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Not nearly long enough in Cambodia (VN visa run)

If you ever find your visa about to expire someplace and want to make the most of a side trip to ...

Cambodia Ben Bangs

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Concern for the Future of Cambodian Forests Mounts

Phnom Penh - With 13 concessionaires waiting for Cambodia's government to approve the start of la...

Cambodia AFP/Philippe Schwab

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Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2004 - The United Nations recently pulled out of negotiations with the Camb...

Cambodia Ann Kohler

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Cambodia, 2004 - Scholars recently gathered for a rare event in Cambodia -- a conference on the c...

Cambodia Ann Kohler

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Three days in Cambodia captivates my heart

In 1997 I visited Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan and South Korea for a six-week adventure. At the tail end ...

Cambodia Doug Mendel

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