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Phnom Penh

A woman seen washing pots and pans

Despite lack of govt loans for college in Cambodia, these students are making it work

The price of higher ed

Most Cambodians live in rural areas, with many struggling to make a living on small farms. Even with low public school tuition fees, sending a child to college is nearly impossible. Those who want a higher education must be resourceful.

A blue sign showing two politicians stands next to an intersection in a city, where a woman is waiting to cross the street. The signs are written in Cambodian.

As election nears, Cambodia opposition says it’s been silenced

Director Rithy Panh uses clay figurines to represent Cambodians in his Oscar-nominated film memoir "The Missing Picture". It's about his boyhood memories of living under the Khmer Rouge from 1974 to 1978. Panh lost almost every member of his immediate and

‘The Missing Picture’ is the first Cambodian film to make it to Oscar night

Arts, Culture & Media
Garment workers holding Molotov cocktails after clashes broke out during a protest in Phnom Penh on January 3, 2014.

Cambodian police shoot and kill protesters during national strike by garment workers

Conflict & Justice
A musician strums the pin, the Cambodian harp, during a rehearsal in Phnom Penh.

Cambodia works to revive an ancient harp, plucked from a temple wall

Arts, Culture & Media

Bank becomes rich by lending to poor

Business, Economics and Jobs

ACLEDA Bank began as a micro-lender, loaning tiny sums to allow Cambodians to open small businesses — now it’s become the country’s largest bank.

Cambodian Space Project Rocks Phnom Penh

Arts, Culture & Media

“To find a singer like Channthy,” said Poulsen, “is like discovering a young Etta James or Nina Simone. She’s really the barefoot Cambodian diva of the rice fields.”

Cambodia Seeks Return of 10th-Century Statues

Global Politics

One of the first trips that newly re-elected President Obama plans to make is to Cambodia. Officials there say he’s coming for an Asia summit but the government might bring up its stalled efforts to recover some ancient Khmer artifacts now in the US.

Dengue Fever and Cambodian Psychedelic Rock

Arts, Culture & Media

This six-person outfit plays a style of music associated with 1970s psychedelic rock from Cambodia.

The World

Indigenous Protest in Cambodia

Conflict & Justice

We’re on the Indochinese peninsula for this Geo Quiz, looking for the name of a southeast Asian forest. It’s home to indigenous Kui people who’ve lived in the forest for centuries. Illegal logging and mining are taking a toll on the ancient forest.