Author: wheninphnompenh
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Cambodian youths to tackle AI, cyber scams and digital inclusion challenges
APNIC Foundation and Open Development Cambodia workshop equips 50 young people with practical skills in responsible AI, cybersecurity and digital safety PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Sept 30, 2026 — Fifty young Cambodians including university students, fresh graduates and early career professionals, took on real-world challenges ranging from AI-generated scams and misinformation to digital exclusion as part…
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France and ASEAN Launch “Creative ASEAN” Initiative to Boost Regional Cultural and Creative Industries
PHNOM PENH — France and ASEAN have officially launched Creative ASEAN, a major new regional initiative designed to deepen ties and expand collaboration across the arts, culture, and creative sectors in France and all 11 ASEAN Member States. Announced at the Residence of France in Jakarta, Creative ASEAN creates a unified regional framework and support…
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The Questions Professional Investors Ask, and Why They Become Everyone’s Rules
Ask an ordinary user what makes a trading platform good and the answer is usually that it works. The application opens, the order goes through, the balance updates. Ask a firm moving large sums and the questions change completely. Who is actually holding the money? What happens if a system fails at the wrong moment?…
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Fifty Years of Dairy Expertise, Recognised Worldwide, Now Serving Cambodian Families
Vinamilk — named the World’s Most Promising Dairy Brand by Brand Finance (Food & Drink 2025) — is marking 50 years of bringing quality nutrition to families, a milestone the company is carrying into its growing presence in Cambodia. Founded in Vietnam in 1976, Vinamilk has spent five decades refining every stage of dairy nutrition,…
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Art for Kep opens free Khmer kite-building workshops ahead of Kep International Art Week
At Kep West Wellness Center Art for Kep and the Association of Conservation and Development of Khmer Kites (ACDKK) will hold two free kite-building workshops on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September 2026 at the Kep West Wellness Center, inside Kep West. Participants will learn to make a khleng ek, the traditional Khmer kite fitted…
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HFCA & CCF to extend partnership to 2029
Happy Football Cambodia Australia are honoured to announce their MOU partnership extension with Cambodian Children’s Fund. Having first started their partnership in 2009 this new agreement will extend the working relationship to 2029. Paraic Grogan, Founder of HFCA (left), and Scott Neeson, Founder of CCF (right), display the official signed MOU agreement extending their partnership…
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Becoming Human Asks What Cambodia Can Afford to Forget
Polen Ly’s Becoming Human explores Cambodia’s ghosts, disappearing places, rebirth and the difficult choice between remembering and moving on.
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Art for Kep Unveils “Ten Boats+” Open Call to Artists and Press Ahead of December’s Kep International Art Week
Retired fishing hulls from Kep will be reimagined by international, Cambodian, and community artists as part of a new open call presented Tuesday evening at the Sosoro Museum. Jef Moons presents the Ten Boats+ concept to a full room at the Sosoro Museum PHNOM PENH — Art for Kep, the cultural arm of Kep West,…
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What a Licence Actually Means, and Why Asia Is Busy Writing Them
A licence sounds like paperwork. A certificate on a wall, a number on a website, something a company obtains and then forgets about. It is not that. In financial services, a licence is the instrument through which a regulator decides how a firm may behave: whether customer money must be held separately from the firm’s…
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Exporting Heritage: How KF Arena is Turning Cambodian Culture into a Global Lifestyle Brand
In this Q&A session, Zac Crush, co-founder of KF Arena, outlines a bold strategy to elevate Cambodia’s 1,000-year-old martial art, Kun Khmer, from a local sports staple into a premium, world-class theatrical experience. Alongside his partner Sov Men, Crush explains how KF Arena is capturing an untapped market of global tourists, expats, and a rising…