Overfishing, regional hydropower dam development and global climate change have pushed the lake into ecological crisis, and fishing communities are sinking into despair.
Ahead of local elections, many voters were apprehensive about the repressive environment and said the opposition Candlelight Party had struggled to reach them.
Candlelight Party candidates are keen for another chance to challenge the long-ruling CPP, despite facing a repressive environment and missing their exiled leader
Abby Seiff, author of a new book called “Troubling the Water: A Dying Lake and A Vanishing World in Cambodia,” discusses the future of the Tonle Sap Lake.
Morn Chear’s striking and colorful print-block images depict Cambodian rural life and his personal struggles on the way to becoming an international artist.
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne paid a visit to Cambodia earlier in November in what was the first visit by a top Australian diplomat in nearly eight years. As Australia’s engagements with Cambodia expand ahead of Phnom Penh taking over of ASEAN chairmanship in 2022, VOA Khmer’s Aun Chhengp
When Puth Thavy was 20, the fisherman and his siblings used to come back to their village each day with three boatloads full of fish, or about 200 kilograms. Today they can barely fill a single boat.
Australian ambassador to Cambodia Pablo Kang sat down with VOA Khmer’s Aun Chhengpor on November 16 in Phnom Penh for an interview about Cambodia-Australia bilateral relations, the state of human rights in Cambodia, Indo-Pacific Security Issues and Canberra’s expectations from Cambodia’s 2022 Chairm
After more than two decades of activism that pushed for gender inclusivity and women’s empowerment, Ros Sopheap head of Gender and Development for Cambodia (GADC) will retire later this year.
The 49-year-old artist was hospitalized with COVID-19 last week and died on August 4 at a treatment facility in Battambang city. Srey Bandaul is survived by his wife and two daughters.
Circus artists in Cambodia attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest performance. (Photo by Scott Sharick)
A hand-made pictorial Cambodian silk ikat that uses all-natural silk and dyes takes nearly a year to produce and can sell for thousands of dollars. But this traditional handicraft, which is being preserved by fewer than a dozen small nonprofits in the country, is at risk of disappearing.
Chanthy Ratha has been working through the highs and lows of Cambodia’s attempts to keep the novel coronavirus at bay.
The World Health Organization has not provided any comments on the use of the Sinopharm vaccine or Cambodia’s decision to accept the shots from China.
More than 121,000 students across Cambodia reached the next step in their education: applying to universities and for scholarships.
As of Tuesday, 87 of the returned Cambodian migrant workers had tested positive for COVID-19.
“Before I was sick, I had so many dreams. I thought I would have a bright future,” said Oun Retra, in an interview with VOA reporters in November 2019.
U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia W. Patrick Murphy sat down with VOA Khmer’s Aun Chhengpor for an interview about the state of democracy and human rights in Cambodia. He said that Cambodia’s fledgling democracy has been eroded recently and that he urged Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government to “do just the
U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia W. Patrick Murphy spoke to VOA Khmer on Thursday, in which he said Cambodia’s democracy had deteriorated over the last three years.
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