Cultural Investment ‘Very Weak,’ Unesco Researcher Says. Cambodia spends only about 1.5 percent of its gross domestic product on cultural preservation, including museums and heritage sites, a Belgian researcher for Unesco told a… Read More
Two incidents within one week ring the alarm bells. Hot air balloon with tourists crashes in Cambodia, 7 injured. A hot air balloon with tourists on board has crashed in Cambodia leaving seven people injured,… Read More
Siem Reap faces power outage lasting several days. Electricity in Siem Reap province was cut off Thursday after an overloaded truck hit eleven power poles and damaged a transmission line from… Read More
In diesen Tagen ist in Kambodscha erstmals ein deutschsprachiges Magazin erschienen. Es soll sich an Touristen wie Expats richten und landesweit in einer Auflage von 5′ooo Exemplaren verteilt werden. Die Kambodschanische Allgemeine Zeitung oder kurz einfach KAZ will vor allem… Read More
Eight people, including four children, were killed in a fire that tore through a popular night market in the Cambodian tourist town of Siem Reap. The children, aged between nine and 14, were… Read More
The national Cambodian Heritage Site Angkor Wat is in the news, for quite different reasons: India Plans Angkor Wat Replica. India will spend the next 10 years constructing a replica of Angkor Wat,… Read More
An anonymous Cambodian tour guide reveals the scams of his trade. I became a tour guide in 2005 and deeply regret that I did not start that business earlier. I had no idea… Read More
Cambodia had received 2.85 million foreign visitors in 2011, up 14 percent from 2.5 million in 2010. Vietnam on top. Preliminary statistics for 2011 showed that Vietnam still topped the list among the… Read More
APSARA Authority, who manages the Angkor temples and the surrounding area, confirmed a crackdown on certain Angkor Wat souvenirs being sold inside the archaeological complex. They say, that certain souvenirs are denigrating the… Read More
The largest Angkorian-era Buddha statue to be discovered since the Khmer Rouge regime ended was unearthed at Ta Prom temple last Friday, an official from the Indian embassy confirmed yesterday. The Ta Prom… Read More
