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YouTube and Vogue Helped Ros Pheakdey Become a Fashion Industry Insider

Ros Pheakdey’s designs are now worn by Miss Universe Cambodia contestants and popular singer and songwriter Nikki Nikki.

Australian Movie on Bonded Labor in Thai Fishing Sector Receives Acclaim

The script is inspired by true stories documented by the filmmaker, who conducted interviews and research with victims of trafficking, relevant NGOs, used secondary documents and even talked to former trawler captains

Epic Arts Performers Aim to Change Views on Disabilities

Epic Arts Cambodia is an arts organization that promotes the inclusion of people with disabilities through the arts. It runs multiple programs, including social enterprise projects like a café in Kampot province that also helps fund the organization.

Poor Children Enjoy Free Education and Play at Seametrey Children’s Village

The private initiative by Ms. Mouy, who returned to Cambodia after decades abroad, created a sprawling, green complex for primary school students near the capital

Lack of Alcohol Law and Drinking Age Leaves Cambodian Youths Vulnerable

NGOs urge government to complete a delayed national law on alcohol to protect youths and the wider public as beer sales and advertising soar.

Step by Step: Phnom Penh Marching Band Takes Setbacks in Stride

Cambodia’s Baha’i Temple Aims to Reach, Serve More

There are an estimated 6 million Baha’is worldwide, including several thousand in Cambodia, where the faith first carved out a foothold in the 1920s, said Hou Sopheap, the Baha’i House of Worship’s director.

Museum Focused on Peace and Reconciliation Opens in Battambang

Dr. Soth Plai Ngarm, a peace activist and the founder of the museum, said the project would use photographs and other art forms to help visitors interpret conflict through a different lens.

In Photos: First Cambodia Peace Gallery to Provide a Safe Space to Study Cambodia's History

After more than a decade of working in conflict resolution around the world, Dr. Emma Leslie, executive director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, together with her husband Dr. Soth Plai Ngarm, brought to Cambodia the Cambodia Peace Gallery. The gallery had its official opening on October 23, 2018, in Battambang province.

In Photos: First Baha’i Temple in Cambodia Hopes to Bring Peace and Unity

The first Baha’i temple built in Battambang province, Cambodia, lives up to its international reputation by providing a safe space for Cambodian as well as foreign worshipers of any religion to worship their god freely, be it, Christ, Mohammad or Buddha.

Despite Growth, Economic Woes Loom in Cambodia

While Cambodia has enjoyed strong growth and an influx of foreign investment in recent years, a toxic combination of rising wages and low-skilled labor presents a looming threat to the country’s two-dimensional economy.

Fishing Communities Struggle as Rivers Ebb

According to a report by the Global Nature Fund, the Tonle Sap is considered one of world’s the most threatened rivers.

Rewards Stagnant on the Front Lines of Cambodia’s Tourism Boom

In June, Cambodia was awarded the “World Best Tourist Destination for 2016” by the European Council on Tourism and Trade.

U.S. Business Delegation Visits Cambodia

The group was led by William G. Lafferrandre, vice president of Asia Pacific with ConocoPhillips and included members of the U.S.-Asean Business Council.

Cambodian Students Learn the Ropes of US Elections

The U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh has been hosting a series of lectures and fact-finding sessions for young Cambodians interested in democracy.

Award-winning Cambodian-American Musicologist to Run Workshop in Siem Reap

The workshop, which will run for two weeks, will begin with a ceremony at Wat Bo on Sunday, and will also include emerging musicians visit Cambodia from Laos and Myanmar.