Once regarded as the “jewel of Asia,” Cambodia’s capital has since become a byword for sprawl and shambolic planning. A map of central Phnom Penh from a French guidebook published by Hachette in 1926.

So it isn’t surprising that the Cambodian capital’s quiet transformation over the past few years has largely gone unnoticed—until it wasn’t so quiet. Last September, Phnom Penh announced the opening ...

Phnom Penh is a city on the move – upwards. But although the increasing number of upscale sky bars afford a bird’s-eye view of the ever rising skyline, it’s the Cambodian capital’s backstreets where ...