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 ...
I’m looking at a seven-tiered pyramid that has more in common with Mexico’s Chichen Itza temple than it does the structures often associated with Cambodia’s Khmer kingdoms. What’s more, I’ve got the ...
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 ...
Many people who fled Cambodia in the 1970s, escaping the brutal genocide orchestrated by the Khmer Rouge, have never seen Angkor Wat — the temple complex that has been a constant in the Cambodian ...
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 ...
Vietnamese TikToker Hua Quoc Anh could be banned from entering Cambodia for 10 years for defaming the temples of Angkor Wat, which many Cambodians hold as sacred. Deputy State Secretary of the ...
SIEM REAP, Cambodia -- This country's most famous temple may be 900 years old, but the message it sets out to convey is timeless: Angkor Wat is all about glory. The temple is one of hundreds built by ...
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 ...