King Norodom Sihanouk, known as much for his colorful personality as his controversial statesmanship, has been synonymous with Cambodia's modern history for six decades. His era drew to an ...

Lord Tennyson, looking for his imaginary land of the “mild-eyed, melancholy Lotos-eaters,” might as easily have slung his hammock among the easygoing, soft-spoken people of Cambodia, smallest ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered in Cambodia’s capital Monday awaiting the cremation of former King Norodom Sihanouk, the revered “King-Father,” who ...

One hundred wives and some 700 exclusively female attendants mourned, last week, the death of their eccentric Lord: His Majesty Samdach Préah Bat Kampuchéa Sisowath, 87, King of Cambodia, ...

On the obverse side, the 500 riel banknote depicts the King of Cambodia, Norodom Sihamoni. Also shown are the five-headed mythical Naga snake and the Royal arms of Cambodia. It’s unclear how the ...

Sihanouk entered public life when he was installed as king by the French in 1941, when Cambodia was one of their Indochinese colonies. ... His large appetite extended to fast cars, food and women.