At 400 acres, Angkor Wat (“temple city” or “temple that is a city” in Khmer, the language of Cambodia) is considered the largest religious structure in the world. Yet despite its size, it feels ...
Walking through Angkor Wat is more than cultural tourism. It’s a sensory journey that blends history, spirituality, and awe inside one of the most powerful places on Earth.
Angkor Wat is the onetime capital of the Khmer Empire in Cambodia and spiritual center for Buddhists around the world. Now the UNESCO World Heritage site is banning selfies with monks (more on that ...
FILE - In this Mar. 30, 2017, file photo, a local vendor grills dog meat on the sidewalk on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Early this week on Monday, July 6, 2020 in Siem Reap, home of the ...
BANGKOKBANGKOK — Cambodia is rejecting allegations it violated international law by evicting people living around its famous Angkor Wat temple complex, saying in a report to UNESCO released Monday ...
PARIS (AP) — UNESCO is urging Cambodian authorities not to carry out forced evictions at the renowned Angkor Wat temple complex, after Amnesty International detailed the impact on evicted residents ...
PHNOM PENH, CambodiaPHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A young Cambodian man popular on the TikTok social media platform was arrested after posting a video that questioned the country’s reverence for its famed ...
Most visits to Cambodia begin with the ancient temples of Angkor Wat or the Khmer Rouge’s infamous killing fields just outside Phnom Penh. I’m not saying they’re not worth seeing, but on our recent 10 ...
As the gateway to Angkor Wat, Siem Reap might seem like a place you pass through on your way to something more interesting nearby. Cambodia: from tenth-century temples to mid-century modern But this ...
The last time I visited Siem Reap, about ten years ago, there was pretty much one thing to do: the famous temples of Angkor Wat (which were even then feeling the strain of overtourism). I went for a ...
SIEM REAP, Cambodia – Our guide led us through the dark, in silence, to a small pagoda where Buddhist monks had gathered before sunrise to perform their early morning meditations. It was an intimate ...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The Cambodian province that is home to the famous Angkor Wat temple complex, a major destination for foreign tourists, has outlawed the trade in dog meat, which animal rights ...