Ask a Local: Rotanak Ros’s tasty guide to Phnom Penh

Rotanak Ros, widely known as Chef Nak, travels around Cambodia preserving and spotlighting traditional Khmer recipes. On top of hosting home dining, cooking classes and food-focused homestays, she also curates the Khmer section of the menu at the Rosewood Phnom Penh’s French-Cambodian Brasserie Louis. She says the region’s ancient cuisine comprises “at least a thousand …

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Chinese gangs in Cambodia behind rising cyber-crimes worldwide

With a mushrooming cyber trafficking industry, Cambodia has become the new cybercrime capital of Asia. Online scams have increased sharply across the globe in recent years, and many of them have originated from this Southeast Asian country in India’s extended neighbourhood, according to persons familiar with the dynamics of the region. Owing to its prolonged …

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Cambodia taps Hun Manet, son of strongman ruler, as new PM

Cambodia’s newly elected national assembly on Tuesday endorsed Hun Manet as the country’s new prime minister, ending the nearly four-decade rule of his father Hun Sen. Will Hun Manet continue his father’s strongman style of leadership or offer Cambodia democratic reforms and improve ties with the West? Issued on: 22/08/2023 – 10:16 3 min The eldest …

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