Category: Opinion


  • Tuesdays with CEO : Joey Ra, Cambodia’s First & Only Co-Active Coach

    In our second week of Tuesdays with CEO on When in Phnom Penh, we spoke to Cambodia’s only Certified Professional Co-Active Coach and Founder of Cambodia Coaching Institute, Coach Joey Ra. Let’s hear it from how this Biochemistry graduate from Imperial College, London turned life coach found his purpose in life through coaching and how…

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  • Tuesdays with CEO : Arnaud Darc

    From July onwards, When in Phnom Penh will be running a weekly interview series called ‘Tuesdays with CEO’. For a start, we present you our interview with Mr Arnaud Darc , Chairman and CEO of Thalias Hospitality. Thalias Hospitality is certainly no stranger in the F&B business in Cambodia with their renowned establishments such as…

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  • 10 Key Life Lessons from Running

    Blog post by Le Bun Meng I just finished my first ever 21K race at 2018 Phnom Penh International Half Marathon. My initial target was just a 10K race, but I decided to go for a 21K race instead to challenge myself. About 6 years ago I broke my leg and I thought running was…

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  • Cambodia: the opportunity of a lifetime

    Prior to my first visit to Cambodia, my knowledge of the country consisted of stories that I heard from my mom, the adults’ conversations at house parties, weddings, Wat (padoga), in the berry fields, and other people’s accounts of their vacations in Cambodia. Of course, being a child of Cambodian parents, I was very aware…

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  • Guest Post: Cambodian’s first trip to Iceland

    (Bora Vuth, a Cambodain based in the US, took his first trip to Iceland known for “Ice + Land”. Bora is kind to share his story with us on this platform, so that travelers from Cambodia or other countries can find some insight from his personal trip to one of the coldest places on Earth.)…

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