The seductive style of Sapor
Sapor Yon Rendall launches her debut fashion collection this Saturday. Photo Supplied
Owner of Cambodia’s first modelling agency and training school, 37-year-old Sapor Yon Rendall is one of Cambodia’s best-known women.
However, her story is hardly the stuff fairy tales are made of. When Sapor was 10, her father died and she was adopted by her rich, [...]
Govt trafficking rating slips
Photo by: TRACEY SHELTON
Sex workers stand just inside the door of a Phnom Penh brothel on Tuesday night.
THE US State Department downgraded Cambodia’s anti-human trafficking rating on Tuesday from Tier 2 to Tier 2 Watch - the list’s second-lowest rating - citing “a decline in efforts to combat trafficking in persons”.
In 2008, the US raised [...]
Travel Angkor Wat, Cambodia - the 8th wonder of the world
Here is the fact about visiting the ruins: There are lots of them, covering an area of 400 square kilometers, though most visit only a handful of temples, which are thankfully very close to each other. The three most magnificent (and popular) temples
Ruins fascinate people. We fly halfway around the world to marvel at the [...]
A window into kingdom Kim
Photo by: TRACEY SHELTON
North Korean waitresses perform for patrons at Pyongyang restaurant prior to its unexpected closure in February this year. Restaurant staff say the eatery will reopen in “about three months”.
Pyongyang, Phnom Penh’s North Korean government-owned restaurant, has long been one of the city’s stranger tourist attractions.
Opened in 2003, South Korean tourists and expats [...]
Cambodia’s homegrown winery is a hit with drinkers
When Leng Chan Thol and her husband Chan Thay Chhoueng decided to grow grapes for wine production just outside Battambang city, people thought they were crazy.
“You would have to be very strong, courageous or foolhardy. Wine grapes are not a profitable Cambodian crop, and they are sure to fail,’ were the types of things people [...]
Fundraising event at Topaz lends support to Khmer performing arts
SEVERAL rising young talents graced Phnom Penh’s Topaz restaurant during a benefit for one of the country’s national treasures Friday night. The two-act show “La Vie en Rose” featured the diverse vocals of 12-year-old soprano Bosba Panh, who took the stage with her younger brother, flautist Panh Lauv, and a 10-piece orchestra.
Photo by: Joel Rozen
Bosba [...]
Food blog provides insight into Khmer cuisine
FOR the past few years, Phil Lees, author of the popular Cambodian food blog Phnomenon, has been sharing his enthusiasm for Khmer food with a growing number of online fans, changing people’s minds about the often-misunderstood cuisine.
Having lived on and off in Cambodia for four years, Lees’s obsession with Khmer food is clearly evident from [...]
Walk, Swim, Eat Right for Health: Doctor
Cholesterol and triglycerides are useful to the body and our brain, but if too high they can create problems, a doctor said Thursday, adding that Cambodia was now experiencing dietary problems.
“However, we can use medicine to lower cholesterol so that it prevents us from having heart attack and stroke,” Dr. Taing Tek Hong said, as [...]
Cambodian Conservationist Looks to Save Fish
Chouly Ou, a conservationist and biologist, hopes to use her education to save the fish of the Mekong river. Her plan is to pursue a PhD to gain technical knowledge on fish population modeling.
“I plan to develop a model for sustainable management of the fish population in the Mekong river, the largest and most important [...]
Classic Khmer food served in an intimate bistro setting
When foreign friends of Toan Sophie would ask her where to find good Khmer food in Phnom Penh, she was always hesitant to make a recommendation. Which place would be comfortable, clean, reasonably priced and representative of classic Khmer dishes? It was her lack of an answer to this question that eventually led her to [...]
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