A multifaceted French Institute project explores how Cambodia’s capital city has evolved and where current development could take it The changing face of Phnom Penh – the city’s past, present and ...

For better or worse, Phnom Penh is a living embodiment of this mixed success. Compared to its rowdy neighbors Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City, Phnom Penh appears to be a newcomer, and behind schedule.

Homes and swimming pools at Grand Phnom Penh International City. This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks ...

Phnom Penh has been showing much promise as a capital city bent on reaching the modernised ranks of its regional counterparts. It is popping out high-rise buildings and skyscrapers at alarming rates – ...

Wat Phnom, in the north of the city, is said to be on the site where a landowner called Lady Penh found four Buddhas washed up from the River Mekong in 1372, on a hill that would become Phnom Penh.

but this trip to Phnom Penh more so, as if I’d been told a wonderful secret. As my trip came to an end, the tuk-tuk seemed to fly down the busy, electric streets of the city, and I was glad I ...

It’s been 12 years since I last cruised into Phnom Penh, back when the 39-storey Vattanac Capital building was still under construction and towered over the mostly flat city. Now it looks like ...