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Drawing together international and Cambodian architecture students, a new workshop tackles Phnom Penh’s major urban challenges. Mai Lynn Miller Nguyen catches up with its organisers.

Who has a right to the city? How is current urban development addressing the needs of the citizens? How can arc...

Wracking your brain for how to kick-start 2011? Mai Lynn Miller Nguyen tracks down some of the city’s best activities.

The first of January is a window of opportunity to reinvent yourself. Every year we set out with aspirations for becoming the person we want to be, but sometimes we ...

Some are running away from their own shadows, others are trying to catch up with their tails. Whatever their initial motivations, many expats choosing to settle in the Kingdom of Wonder discover there is a vast gulf between anticipation and reality. Mark Bibby Jackson finds out what living the dre...

If you’re looking for an adrenaline rush, try kitesurfing lessons from Frank van Zoggel in Kampot. Mai Lynn Miller Nguyen sets out to take flight.

Tired of the over-commercialisation of sport, Mark Bibby Jackson visits a tournament in Pailin that shows that the beautiful game retains its power to do good.

As an instructor from the Cambodian Ministry of Education passes the ball to his colleague, a young boy sets off in hot pursuit. His ta...

Many returning Khmers share one thing in common–they have all moved to a foreign culture, their own. Anvaya is a networking group that helps Khmers raised overseas but now working here to realise they are not alone. Words by Dorine Schreiner.

This month Meta House hosts the Cambodian premiere of WAR DON DON, an award-winning documentary about post-conflict justice in Sierra Leone. AsiaLIFE talks to director Rebecca Richman Cohen about the documentary and its parallels with Cambodia.

This month Accor’s Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra will become the first five-star hotel to open in the Cambodian capital for a decade. Mark Bibby Jackson talks with the man tasked with making it a success.

The year 2010 has been good for female contemporary visual artists in Cambodia. Supported by some key actors in the arts scene, young Khmer women artists are staking their claims and demanding to be heard, bringing with them a sense of empowerment and courage, but they still face an uphill battle....

Unlike many parts of the world, Cambodia’s virtual community remains relatively free from government censorship, but for how much longer. Nina Lamparski talks to some Cloggers.

At the end of September, the Revolutionary Courts in Tehran found Canadian-Iranian blogger and journalist Hossein Dera...