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From the show trials of 1979 to the current Khmer Rouge Tribunal is the legal process bringing truth and justice to the traumatised victims of the Khmer Rouge? Words by Nora Lindstrom.

It has been a long time coming, but soon sentence will be passed on Kang Guek Eav (better known as Duch) the former head of S-21 detention centre. Reporter Luke Hunt has been following the case of the first man to stand trial at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal from its outset.

Beauty is as beauty does, they say, but with rising disposable income in Cambodia, the demand for treatments to augment nature’s endowments are on the rise. However, due to a largely unregulated market those seeking beautification may get more than they bargained for. Words by Nora Lindstrom.

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Time was when the Kingdom’s tennis playing elite was feared across the region. After decades of neglect, is the sport set for a rally? Words by Zoe Daniel.

The history of Cambodian tennis reads like a history of the country. A powerhouse in the region in the 1950s and 60s, it fell to pieces during t...

Phnom Penh’s music scene is back from the dead. A weekend in late November saw no less than eight gigs in the capital, three by internationally known acts. Compare that to a year before, when the biggest thing to hit the country was still considered to be Ronan Keating in 2007, and gigs by struggl...

Guitarist Mike Stroud and Synthesiser player Evan Mast, made the FCC’s ageing timbers come to life in December. Playing to a packed crowd, the gig was widely claimed to be the best the Penh had seen since Dengue Fever struck town. AsiaLIFE’s Kate Liana asked the duo that is Ratatat what the experi...

It’s been a long time coming, but ecotourism has finally arrived in Cambodia. The past decade has seen a ten-fold increase in international visitors to the country, and while Angkor Wat remains the main attraction, visitors are increasingly looking for more diverse, local, and eco-friendly experie...

Building 21 houses in five days, Habitat for Humanity Cambodia last month showed how teamwork can go a long way to helping the less fortunate. Words by Nora Lindstrom.

He may not have been in the Oval Office for some time, but leaving one of the most powerful positions in the world has not stopped...

Widely seen as a victim of habitat destruction and poaching, the Siamese crocodile had been written-off. Scientists believed the local three-metre reptile had followed the dodo, the Cambodian kouprey and dozens of other species into oblivion. Words by Luke Hunt.

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