Capturing Cambodia
“It is important to understand that my self-appointed job is to promote Cambodia throughout the world in the best possible light,” says Doug Beattie, renowned Siem Reap photographer and owner-cum-publisher of Wild Cambodia Press.
Tag: Siem Reap
Three held for weapons smuggling
Police arrest 3 suspected weapons smugglers in Siem Reap after they posted advertisements selling their wares on Facebook.
US man charged for molesting underage girls in Siem Reap
Siem Reap Court charges a US national with indecent acts with four underage girls.
US man charged for molesting underage girls in Siem Reap
Siem Reap Provincial Court has charged a US national with indecent acts for allegedly molesting four underage girls.
Police officer charged with supplying drugs in Siem Reap
Siem Reap Provincial Court today charged Lieutenant Colonel Bun Livong with supplying drugs to criminals in Siem Reap city.
Cambodia proud to host Asia Media Summit
Information Minister says it is an honour for Cambodia to host the Asia Media Summit.
CHARITY…AND WORLD DOMINATION
Siem Reap’s funky Footprint Cafes is merely the first step to a dream of becoming a charitable conglomerate as large and famous as Starbucks, according to founder Georgina Hemmingway.
Ministry proposes new tourism package
Proposal of special packages connecting Sihanoukville with Siem Reap.
American man arrested over molesting four girls in Siem Reap
Siem Reap provincial police arrested a US man on Monday in connection with molesting four under aged girls in Siem Reap city.
Taiwanese tour agencies accused of defaulting in Siem Reap
Siem Reap businesses are seeking support over payment-failure from Taiwanese firms.
Khmer Rally Raid concludes
The 4th Khmer Rally Raid 2019, an adventure to promote the Kingdom’s environmental and natural resource preservation.
Art and skateboarding at Mirage
It isn’t every day that an art gallery hosts a skateboarding event, but then again, Siem Reap’s Mirage Contemporary Art Space isn’t your everyday art gallery.
Siem Reap is making waves
After almost 18 months, after 280 truckloads of nice white sand, and after the making of a swimming pool full of saltwater, Cambo Beach Club – “The Only Beach in Siem Reap” – finally opened.
Free traffic law course moves to Siem Reap
Siem Reap authorities ask tuk-tuk and rickshaw drivers to join free traffic law training course.
The strange journey of Strangefruit
When in Siem Reap, Strangefruit can often be found sitting outside his co-owned funky Village Café, watching the passing parade and thinking about his many business, music and art ventures.
Learning from THE GREAT ARCHITECT
The Vann Molyvann Project is offering everyone – architects and architecture students especially – the chance to see the emblems of Vann Molyvann’s greatness. Dubbed ‘Learning From The Past’, the three-month exhibit is open at Treeline Gallery in Siem Reap.
Siem Reap named top tourist destination in Southeast Asia
Siem Reap was named the top tourist destination in Southeast Asia by Germany-based online travel platform YouDiscover.
Siem Reap’s wildlife sanctuary, aquarium to break ground in May
Construction of Wildlife Park and Aquarium in Siem Reap is due to begin next month.
Ogawa at the double, PKR stay undefeated
A Yudai Ogawa brace ensures all three points for Angkor Tiger.
The ‘Organic’ Artist
His arrival in Siem Reap has been given rock star status and why not, because London’s fine artist Carne Griffiths is a bit of a celeb himself, billed globally as ‘the organic artist’.
More than 100 homes destroyed by storms during KNY
More than a hundred homes were destroyed or damaged by storm winds in Banteay Meanchey and Siem Reap.
New Year celebrations to be held all over Kingdom
Kingdom gets ready to celebrate Khmer New Year, or Sankranta Chhnam Thmei.
BLOSSOMING ART
It’s ‘springtime’ in Cambodia and art is blossoming all over Siem Reap, with the launch of two debut solo gallery exhibitions and the unveiling of an exciting new mural artist working in a local school.
Siem Reap province needs more tourism products: Minister
The Minister of Tourism calls for cooperation between the public and private sectors.
PLASTIC BUSTERS
They’re the Plastic Busters, Siem Reap-based entrepreneurial activists whose business is to set up businesses that will give the world a respite from plastic. The leader of the pack is Sarah Rhodes, and her organisation Plastic Free Cambodia, which she founded in 2015.
No Angkor Sankranta this year
The Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia says it would not hold the Angkor Sankranta celebration this year in Siem Reap.
No Angkor Sankranta this year
The Union of Youth Federation of Cambodia said it would not hold the Angkor Sankranta celebration this year in Siem Reap province.
Experts: S Reap ‘next Sihanoukville’
Siem Reap has always been the main tourist hub of Cambodia. In recent years, however, southern Sihanoukville has been stealing the real estate spotlight.
Pushing for road safety through ‘Helmets for Kids’
Siem Reap’s motorcycle club, The Dirty Cuts, and Asia Injury Prevention Foundation partnered for a great cause – to keep schoolchildren safe on the road. Dozens of kids at a primary school in Siem Reap received free motorcycle helmets through the Helmets for Kids initiative on Saturday,
Japanese Ambassador extends condolences to family of murder victim
The Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia has expressed his condolences for a taxi driver who was murdered by two Japanese tourists in Siem Reap province on Sunday.
