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The Royal Palace of Phnom Penh and Cambodian royal life. Post Books. ISBN 978-974-202-047-7. Lamant, Pierre-Lucien (1991). La Creation d'une capitale par le pouvoir coloniale: Phnom Penh. Harmattan. Mizerski, Jim (2016). Cambodia Captured: Angkor's First Photographers in 1860s Colonial Intrigues. Jasmine Image Machine. ISBN 9789924905004.
Phnom Penh ( / pəˌnɒm ˈpɛn, ˌpnɒm -/; [ 6][ 7][ 8] Khmer: ភ្នំពេញ, Phnum Pénh [pʰnomˈpɨɲ], lit. 'Penh's Hill/Mountain') is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since the French protectorate of Cambodia and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its economic ...
The Phnom Penh Post has received over 30 regional and international press awards between 2008 and 2018. Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) 2012: Honorable mention in News Photography to Sovan Philong. 2013: World Association of Newspapers, Gold Prize Best Feature. A 68-page supplement celebrating 20 years of the Phnom Penh Post.
The Phnom Penh Post, a newspaper founded in 1992 as Cambodia sought to re-establish stability and democracy after decades of war and unrest, said Friday that it will stop publishing in print this ...
This is a list of banks in Cambodia.. As of July 31, 2020, there were 51 commercial banks, [1] 14 specialized banks, [2] 75 microfinance institutions, [3] 7 microfinance deposit-taking institutions, [4] 6 representative offices, [5] and 15 leasing companies [6] in Cambodia.
King Ang Chan I (1516–1566) moved the capital from Phnom Penh north to Longvek at the banks of the Tonle Sap river. Trade was an essential feature and "...even though they appeared to have a secondary role in the Asian commercial sphere in the 16th century, the Cambodian ports did indeed thrive.
The Kingdom of Cambodia, [ a] also known as the First Kingdom of Cambodia, [ b] and commonly referred to as the Sangkum period, [ c] refers to Norodom Sihanouk 's first administration of Cambodia, lasting from the country's independence from France in 1953 to a military coup d'état in 1970. Sihanouk continues to be one of the most ...
In Phnom Penh, Sihanouk, acting as head of state, was placed in a delicate position of negotiating with the French for full independence while trying to neutralise party politicians and supporters of the Khmer Issarak and Viet Minh who considered him a French collaborator. During the tumultuous period between 1946 and 1953, Sihanouk displayed ...