Snippets from a Khmer Soul

  One morning, Sophea Tuansaay stopped at a small pond to take a sip, but a snail atop a lotus leaf told the hare that he was not allowed to...

Prior to the 1930s, all Khmer novels were written in verse. That is not to suggest that Khmers did not write in prose before then; prose was...

Dream  By Kim Sam-On A hunter hurried a horse, hopping and trotting, Surprising birds and four-legged wild beasts,  And traversing forests a...

Old words from ancient times tell us you could not see your own faults. The faults of others, no matter how minor, were as big as a mountain...

On the 1st day of the 10th month of the Khmer calendar (Sept 15 on the Gregorian calendar this year), Lord Yama, the God of Death, opens the...

I want to talk about love today. I mean the word “ love” in the Khmer language as well as all stages of love according to Khmer tradition. I...