Cambodian News

The number of Vietnamese tourists visiting Cambodia jumped nearly 75 percent in the first ten months of 2008, coming in at No. 2 for the first time in 15 years, officials said Tuesday.
The 176,600 Vietnamese visitors, up from 102,577 in the same period last year, was second only to the number of Korean visitors, 234,880, [...]

On December 7th, performing artists, human rights activists, non-governmental organizations, and officials of the Royal Cambodian government will gather at Angkor Wat to focus world attention on the scourge of human trafficking.
A rock concert will be held at Angkor Wat, December 7th, in cooperation with MTV EXIT [End Exploitation and Trafficking], a project of the [...]

SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AFP) — Had there been a roof, Placebo would have raised it as they headlined the first rock concert in history at Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple.
Some 1,200 fans of all ages, mostly Cambodian, watched the London-based alternative rockers top a bill Sunday backed by musicians from Cambodia and across the world in [...]

For something so ancient, the rock face looked as content as a man who’s just eaten a big slice of peach pie.”Who made you?” I whispered. “Were you lonely when nobody came to visit for 400 years?”
No answer. Just a smile.
That is the fascination of Angkor, the mysterious temple complex of Cambodia. As at the [...]

BANGKOK (AFP) — Alternative guitar band Placebo are to headline the first rock concert at Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple complex, putting years of catering to their fans’ teenage angst behind them to speak out against human trafficking.
The December 7 gig, held as part an of an MTV Exit campaign, will transform the 12th century Khmer [...]

We’re sitting at the dining room table and no one is saying a word. We all have food balanced on our spoons, mouths open, but the stories from our host are so gripping and monumental that the two haven’t quite met. Then all of a sudden: “Who wants to hear a landmine joke?”
Without missing a [...]

Exotissimo Travel, the premier destination management company (DMC) in Southeast Asia, has announced the appointment of Olivier Marchesin as the General Manager of Exotissimo Cambodia, effective from 1 October 2008.
Commenting on this new appointment, Olivier Colomes, Group Managing Director of Exotissimo Travel said, “We are pleased to welcome Olivier into the Exotissimo family. We believe that [...]

SIEM REAP, Cambodia — David Shoemaker, a nurse from Winnipeg, stumbled upon Siem Reap during a volunteer trip to Southeast Asia in January 2000 and decided to return to continue his efforts.
He’s still there.
Siem Reap, site of the architectural wonder of the world, Angkor Wat, shows Cambodia’s tentative steps toward economic growth. When I first [...]

The United States government and the government of Cambodia have agreed to extend their Memorandum of Understanding “Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Archaeological Material from Cambodia from the Bronze Age through the Khmer Era.”
This extension, consistent with a recommendation made by the Cultural Property Advisory Committee, represents a continuation of cooperation that began [...]

Phnom Penh (dpa) – Cambodia’s efforts to attract high-end tourists by developing a world class golfing scene in the space of just a few years appears to have paid off, with a major regional golf tour company preparing to showcase the courses in Europe.

Golfasian, which is based in Thailand, said it would promote Cambodia alongside [...]