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Photographer Senthil Kumaran, recipient of the 2007 Geographical Photographer of the Year Award and a nominee for the 2019 World Press Photo Talent ...

A father's story of sacrifices topped the country's best short films at the 11th preliminary in-country contest in Cambodia for the Asian International Children's Film ...

There are two big red X's on every Cambodian calendar, one for the Khmer new year, and the other for Pchum Ben. Pchum Ben is a national holiday celebrated ...

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has denied ordering provincial and municipal governors to instruct the police to prevent the public from celebrating the 15-day ...

In 2017, Mekado Murphy, who covers film for The Times, sat down to speak with Angelina Jolie, the actor and director who can mobilize the paparazzi with an ...

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1 General Motors assembly workers picket outside the General Motors Bowling Green plant during the United Auto Workers (UAW) national strike in Bowling ...

A security plan to ensure safety and stability during Pchum Ben festival.

Anyone posting messages supporting the return of Sam Rainsy, the “acting president” of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party ...

Mallgoers had a taste of authentic Southeast Asian cuisine and culture during the recent successful ASEAN Food Festival at SMX Aura Convention Center in SM ...

Sarm Heng wasnt the obvious choice for a lead role. Australian director Rodd Rathjen was looking for someone older to play the central character in his ...

A community centre in Haggerston is throwing open its doors this weekend for a festival of food, workshops and performances.

The Ministry of Information has urged all media outlets to disseminate educational messages on drug and traffic issues during the Pchum Ben festival from ...

Cambodia's 2020 foreign-language Oscar submission, 'In the Life of Music,' deals with the stories and songs that define the Killing Fields genocide generation, ...

New Delhi: Citing the Hindu epic Ramayana, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said if a war is necessary to protect a woman's honour, it must be fought, even ...

The socially conscious film festival returns to Scotland this week, with 20 new features playing across Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Environment ministers have drawn up a new criminal offence in Britain of possessing dog and cat meat. The Yulin Dog Meat Festival is held annually in China's ...

It's a joyful, defiant celebration of Cambodian artists as they existed before the Khmer Rouge tried to destroy them,” Yee told VOA Khmer.

Near the intersection of Anaheim and Martin Luther King, where one must maneuver through narrow, slurry streets, sits the Phnom Pich Center plaza, once ...

Extremist figures have long dotted the landscape of Cambodian politics. One of them in contemporary Cambodia is Sam Rainsy, a master illusionist who thrives ...

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The Mid-Autumn Festival is an important celebration across East Asian and Southeast Asian countries, particularly those that have Chinese communities.

The sounds and sights of the White Building are deeply etched in Kavich Neang's memory. The shifting sounds of children running around the iconic building's ...

On Episode #15 of “CAN YOU HEAR ME, LONG BEACH?” It was just six years ago that the Cambodia Town Film Festival was a fledgling event struggling to get ...

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Rap music, “thug life,” mental health, refugee struggles and heritage protection are among the subjects explored during the seventh-annual Cambodia Town ...

ANSAN, South Korea, Sept. 12 (Yonhap) -- Cambodian residents in Ansan, a Gyeonggi Province city known for its large foreign population, are planning to ...

Vietnam has stunning variety in cities, landscapes and food. We've come up with a list of the top 13 things to do -- from an aerial tour of Halong Bay to a tea ...

We're going to take it upon ourselves to call this the end of this summer's “Summer of Festivals” (patent pending). And we're ending it with possibly our favorite.

Most bucket lists tick off the usual Chiang Mai, Da Nang, Yangon, Luang Prabang, and who can blame them These locations have their own charm, but there are ...

Independent filmmakers in Southeast Asia face numerous obstacles, but a burgeoning network of support is fuelling growth and ambition.

YANGON—The ninth annual Wathann Film Festival (WFF), a local platform for new filmmakers, closed at the Waziyar Cinema on the evening of Sept. 9 with an ...

For praCh Ly, director and co-founder of the Cambodia Town Film Festival, the annual event is more than just about movies. It's about generations of ...

Anyone who wanted to get a taste of the intense preparation LifeCyclists put up with before embarking on their annual challenge had the opportunity to attend ...

Cambodia to host Franklin Graham in a 'Love Phnom Penh' evangelistic festival in December. Bibles For The World to offer support.

Around the world in six days – is that even possible? Yes, because the Ninth Wathann Film Festival is coming back to town, and this time they're screening more ...

As he tears off a leg of a charcoal-grilled rat at a roadside stall in western Cambodia, Yit Sarin hails the simple joy of rodent and rice washed down with beer.

Kampot to be the first province to have a 'Food Street.

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Cambodian directors explore issues of identity and political change through films that have become the toast of the international festival circuit.

It has been another strong year at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, with 11 plays being performed in Ashland, Ore., through the end of October. It's certainly ...

Kia ora and welcome to Saturday. Expect a fine day all day, with cool southwesterlies. Make sure to wrap up warm if heading outdoors, as it's a three-clothing ...

Set up in 2014, the company is a veritable hothouse for emerging Cambodian talent, with their work celebrated around the world.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival's emphasis on diverse casts in classic and new plays, and on new works from playwrights of color, has brought accolades.

After decades as a catalyst for the Kingdom's vibrant arts sector, Cambodian Living Arts (CLA), founded by genocide survivor and musician Arn Chorn-Pond, will ...

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia will no longer issue licenses to online gambling businesses, and all existing licenses will not be renewed when ...

Cambodia is increasingly looking away from the West and more towards China as it seeks partners in its economic development. Nowhere is this more evident ...

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- A Cambodian court sentenced a British national to 15 months in prison for sexually abusing underage boys, local media ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The maker of a new film about a Cambodian boy enslaved on a Thai fishing trawler said on Tuesday he ...

The Ministry of Tourism announced that this year's Sea Festival will be held in Kampot province on December 20-22.

PHNOM PENH, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia will send 83 containers of plastic waste back to the United States and Canada, government spokesman Phay ...

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Seoul Mayor Park has pledged to strengthen ties with major cities of the 10 ASEAN member countries.

Jia Zhangke's Xstream Pictures has struck a co-production deal with Cambodia-based Anti-Archive for the development of the feature 'Building,' marking the ...

The loud Korean songs and the screams of K-pop fans reverberated around the Cambodia-Korea Cooperation last Friday as everyone was ecstatic for the first ...

A Cambodian proverb says, “Fear not the future, weep not for the past.” This proverb is appropriate for a country whose recent history is riddled with...

(Bangkok) – Holding an Asian media meeting in Cambodia makes a mockery of freedom of expression and press freedom.

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The 72nd Cannes Film Festival boasts big-name directors from Quentin Tarantino to Pedro Almodovar – plus plenty of *fresh* faces. Running May 14-25.

Cambodia aims to attract more than 300,000 Japanese tourists a year by 2020, the Minister of Tourism revealed during a festival in the Japanese capital.

By Sam Le Northwest Asian Weekly. Hundreds of community members attending the 2019 White Center Khmer New Year celebration. With over 500 attendees, ...

I can't explain exactly what led me to attend the Maha Sangkran Festival the third weekend of April. Better known around these parts as the Cambodian New ...

For decades, the Cambodian population in Davidson County has held a yearly celebration honoring the Cambodian New Year. However, organizers say many ...

Thais celebrate Songkran, a Buddhist festival often called the biggest water fight in the world.

The 11th Annual Cambodian New Year Celebration on Sunday featured classical and popular dance performances, food and demonstrations of various forms of ...

The scope of Cambodian-American life was on display at the Cambodia Town Culture Festival on Sunday, hosted by Cambodia Town Inc. Long Beach ...

Shira Kaliski, 25, says she suffered 'slave' wages at an Edinburgh venue.

Cambodian Rock Band” is a straight-up masterpiece that brings to the forefront a story that needs to be told.The play sheds light and truth on a dark period of ...

'Wandering Souls'. Director-producer Aviva Ziegler's feature documentary Wandering Souls will screen on SBS and at Australian and international film festivals ...

The Tiger Street Football Festival 2019 enters its final weekend as the competition entertains fans in the Grand Final in Phnom Penh of the annual football ...

The first film anthology of Bangladesh, “Sincerely Yours, Dhaka” is gaining accolades at international film festivals one after another. The film will next screen at ...

Having made a name for itself as one of the biggest film festivals in Cambodia, the Cambodia International Film Festival (CIFF) is returning for its 9th edition this ...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The number of domestic and foreign tourists traveling in Cambodia during the three-day Chinese Lunar New Year celebration ...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Tuesday that a large number of public servants in the kingdom ...

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Folk artists performed lion and dragon dances in Cambodia on Monday to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, or the ...

by Sovan Nguon, Mao Pengfei. PHNOM PENH, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen has sent greetings and best wishes to ...

It is almost once again time for the annual Khmer Crafts and Food Festival (KCFF) in Phnom Penh. This rapidly growing event aims to promote Khmer culture as ...

by Mao Pengfei, Nguon Sovan. PHNOM PENH, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese tourists drove Cambodia's tourism growth last year, with some 1.9 million Chinese ...

From Kampot, it goes on to the City of Temples with a long weekend of FAB shows and events including art exhibitions, film screening and concert.

Now Cambodia has entered December, the coldest month of the year. The cool and windy weather is the perfect time for flying kites, an ancient Khmer tradition ...

The annual three-day SEA Festival touches down in Koh Kong and gives spectators a glimpse of a host of sporting activities.

Sport will take centrestage at the 7th Sea Festival when it gets underway today.

Phnom penh hosted Cambodia's first ocean themed film festival this week, with Siem Reap the next destination for the travelling film showcase.

The revenue during the three-day Water Festival this year has passed expectations, says a businessman in Phnom Penh.

Cambodian outbound tourism saw a 30 percent rise during this year's three-day Water Festival, while long haul destination tour packages to Europe, Australia, ...

The National Committee for Organising National and International Festivals reported that about 4.5 million people visited the Water Festival 2018 in Phnom ...

The main attraction of the three-day annual water festival in Cambodia is traditional boat races along the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh. The festival marks the ...

PHNOM PENH, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia began to celebrate the three-day Water Festival on Wednesday with boat races attracting tens of thousands of ...

The Tonle Sap River and Mekong River are the backdrop for one of Southeast Asia's largest yearly celebrations – Cambodia's Water Festival.

The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts organised the 2nd Cambodia National Short Film Festival last week to inspire and encourage talented Cambodian youths ...

Also known as Bon Om Touk, the event draws more than one million Cambodians from the provinces to the capital for three days of boat races and other ...

Richmond will get to experience a new festival this Saturday: the first Cambodian Food Festival.

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodians threw rice on the ground on Tuesday to mark the 'Festival of the Dead' or Pchum Ben and feed the spirits of the dead.

Atmospheric Kampot is hosting the likes of Jung Chang and Madeleine Thien as it seeks to rebuild Cambodia's literary scene and defend its freedom of speech.

KANDAL, Cambodia, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Hundreds gathered on Wednesday to watch horse and buffalo races at Vihear Sour Pagoda, northeast of the ...

Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Bon Om Touk is an annual water festival in Cambodia, marking the end of the rainy season and the reversal of flow of the Tonle Sap ...

The 10-day long dance event, due to be held in Cambodia for the first time this year, has been cancelled following weeks of debate between authorities and the ...

Manh Metheary, a 22-year-old Cambodian residing in Lowell, Massachusetts, came back to Cambodia this month to prove one thing: She can sing. “I just want ...