Last year K440 published an article bitching and moaning about the U.S. State Department’s stonewalling response to aFreedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request for documents about a bar fight involving an embassy staffer outside Golden Sorya Mall. Here is the update.
Read MoreCambodia itself is detrimental to your health, and working in Cambodia is even more so. What could go wrong?
Read MoreCambodia is changing. On the way out are the wretched, the desperate, the runaways, alkies and deathpats. They don’t suit
Read MoreI had some friends visiting from out of town for a week, and they wanted to have a fun and
Read MoreFrom a semi-submerged sandbar rising from where the Bassac, Tonle sap and Mekong rivers converge, to the shining light triumphing Phnom Penh’s rapid development as an international city, Koh Pich, or Diamond Island, had a short, and often troubled history.
Read MoreCambodia is the wild west of Asia. At least that’s what I thought when I landed in Phnom Penh. I
Read MoreAre you a fan of independent cinema? Well it looks like we’ve got some great treats about to be served
Read MoreWhen Denis Goncharov’s butchered body was discovered floating in a shallow ditch some 400m from Sihanoukville’s popular Otres Beach on July 19 2015, police quickly identified their prime suspect – the man’s best friend and business partner, Dmitry Sidorov. The details of this horrific killing shocked the coastal community that was already reeling from a recent surge in violent crime and unrest linked to feuding Russian gangs. Goncharov had been the victim of a frenzied knife attack that allegedly began while he was still riding his motorcycle. Police allege that the attacker was his passenger, and began knifing him as they travelled together.
Read MoreControversial Australian film-maker, James Ricketson, 68, has been charged under Article 446 of the Cambodian Criminal Code for “receiving or
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As tensions mount ahead of Sunday’s important local elections – and set the tone for the run up to 2018 – Tim LaRocco offers some wise advice to expats keen to get involved in the local political process. Don’t!
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