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International Women's Day

Cambodian-American Movie Brings Back Hope, Memories of Pre-Khmer Rouge Era

The movie, “In the Life of Music”, which features the Sisamouth classic “Champa Battambang”, screened in Virginia on Thursday to a crowded hall of several hundred viewers.

Malawi Campaigners Seek to End Sex in Girls' Initiation Ceremony

In rural Malawi, families send girls as young as 12 years old for "initiation," a traditional, cultural practice that marks a child's entry into adulthood. VOA Khmer's Sou Pichchinda narrates.

Ministry Issues Warning to Young Lovers Against ‘Unusual Activity’ on Valentine’s Day

The letter instructed both public and private educational institutions to educate students and “strengthen morals” by disciplining students, though it did not provide examples of what constituted “unusual activity”.

A Monk’s-Eye View of England, From Hamburgers to Human Rights

Venerable Luon Sovath spent two months touring the UK, with filmmaker Chris Kelly standing in as his “pagoda boy.”

Cambodian Gov’t Complains to Amazon Over ‘Angkor Wat Toilet Products’

The Apsara Authority, which oversees the running of the Angkor Wat Temple Complex, said the “ignominious” products should be removed from the site.

Preservation Hall: Home to American Jazz

Presidents, prime ministers and Hollywood stars have visited - what from the outside - may look like an old and shabby jazz club in New Orleans. VOA Khmer's Phy Sopheada narrates.

‘Our Ancestors’ Graves have been Drowned’: Cambodian Dam Wipes Out Hill Tribe Way of Life

Some 860 families from various indigenous minorities lived for generations near the rivers in northeast Cambodia until a Chinese-backed dam flooded the area.

Documentary Filmmaker Focuses on Cambodia’s Martial Art

Canadian filmmakers Mark Bochsler and Sandra Leuba talk with VOA Khmer’s Chetra Chap about the making of “Surviving Bokator” and the place of bokator in Cambodian culture and today’s Cambodia.

Step by Step: Phnom Penh Marching Band Takes Setbacks in Stride

On Cambodian Independence Day, King Calls on for National Unity and Reconciliation

Some 25,000 government officials, civil servants and members of the security forces took part in the annual event in Phnom Penh.