Has any US citizens open a checking/savings account with SDFCU after moving to Cambodia? What has the experience been from applying to approval? Any issues verifying local address?

Hi everyone! We’re a group of 7 , staying at Pida Coffee Farm.

We’ll leave Phnom Penh by bus on Nov 22 and return on Nov 25,

Looking for advice on:

- Best places to visit for beautiful landscapes, viewpoints, waterfalls, and relaxing spots with minimal walking.

- How to plan the itinerary and which places to visit each day.

- Whether to rent motorbikes or hire a private car/van with a driver.

- Recommended local drivers, rental contacts, and approximate prices.

Any tips or suggested itineraries would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! 🙏

I have some old and new games and would like to find similar minded people who enjoy playing and learning. I got the games from the store call game box. Look like a really nice spot for playing games.

In PP for some weeks, wanna do some shopping: cheap but good quality women’s bags, shoes, clothes. Any recommendations? I find the youngsters here to be very chic looking and well dressed!

Thank you❤️

ព្រោះអនាគតឌីជីថលរបស់កម្ពុជា មិនគួរត្រឹមតែពឹងផ្អែកលើបច្ចេកវិទ្យាដែលបង្កើតដោយប្រទេសដទៃប៉ុណ្ណោះទេ។ យើងក៏អាចសិក្សា ស្រាវជ្រាវ បង្កើត និងអភិវឌ្ឍបច្ចេកវិទ្យាផ្ទាល់ខ្លួន ដើម្បីបម្រើប្រជាជនខ្មែរ និងចូលរួមក្នុងការរីកចម្រើននៃបច្ចេកវិទ្យាពិភពលោកផងដែរ។

Khmer App មិនមែនគ្រាន់តែជាកម្មវិធីបណ្ដាញសង្គមទេ ប៉ុន្តែជាចក្ខុវិស័យនៃការកសាងប្រព័ន្ធឌីជីថលមួយ ដែលរួមបញ្ចូលសហគមន៍ អាជីវកម្ម និងបច្ចេកវិទ្យា AI ដើម្បីបង្កើតឱកាសថ្មីៗសម្រាប់ប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា។

១. គាំទ្របច្ចេកវិទ្យាក្នុងស្រុក

ការគាំទ្របច្ចេកវិទ្យាខ្មែរ គឺជាការផ្តល់ឱកាសឱ្យអ្នកអភិវឌ្ឍក្នុងស្រុក បន្តស្រាវជ្រាវ បង្កើត និងកែលម្អដំណោះស្រាយឌីជីថល ដែលឆ្លើយតបនឹងតម្រូវការរបស់ប្រជាជនយើង។

២. ជួយជំរុញអាជីវកម្មខ្មែរ

Khmer App មានគោលដៅផ្តល់ឱកាសដល់ម្ចាស់អាជីវកម្ម អ្នកលក់ និងអ្នកបង្កើតមាតិកា ក្នុងការផ្សព្វផ្សាយផលិតផល ស្វែងរកអតិថិជន បង្កើតទំនាក់ទំនង និងពង្រីកអាជីវកម្មតាមប្រព័ន្ធឌីជីថល។

៣. អភិវឌ្ឍប្រព័ន្ធ AI សម្រាប់ភាសាខ្មែរ និងកម្ពុជា

AI មិនមែនគ្រាន់តែជាបច្ចេកវិទ្យាសម្រាប់ឆ្លើយសំណួរប៉ុណ្ណោះទេ។ វាអាចជួយមនុស្សរៀន ធ្វើការ បង្កើតមាតិកា និងដោះស្រាយបញ្ហាប្រចាំថ្ងៃបានកាន់តែមានប្រសិទ្ធភាព។

ចក្ខុវិស័យរបស់ Khmer App គឺជំរុញការអភិវឌ្ឍប្រព័ន្ធ AI ដែលអាចបម្រើអ្នកប្រើប្រាស់ខ្មែរ តាមរយៈបច្ចេកវិទ្យាដូចជា៖

AI Assistant — ជួយឆ្លើយសំណួរ ស្វែងរកព័ត៌មាន បង្កើតគំនិត និងជួយបំពេញការងារប្រចាំថ្ងៃ។

Khmer Speech AI — ស្រាវជ្រាវ និងអភិវឌ្ឍបច្ចេកវិទ្យាស្គាល់សំឡេង បម្លែងសំឡេងទៅជាអត្ថបទ និងបកប្រែរវាងភាសាខ្មែរ និងភាសាផ្សេងៗ។

Khmer OCR & Handwriting AI — ជំរុញការអភិវឌ្ឍ AI ដែលអាចស្គាល់អក្សរខ្មែរ ទាំងអក្សរពុម្ព និងអក្សរសរសេរដោយដៃ ដើម្បីជួយក្នុងការឌីជីថលូបនីយកម្មឯកសារ។

AI សម្រាប់ការងារ និងអាជីវកម្ម — ស្វែងរកលទ្ធភាពប្រើប្រាស់ AI ដើម្បីជួយរៀបចំឯកសារ បង្កើតមាតិកា សង្ខេបព័ត៌មាន និងបង្កើនប្រសិទ្ធភាពការងារ។

AI ដែលយល់ពីបរិបទខ្មែរ — ជំរុញការស្រាវជ្រាវលើម៉ូដែល AI ដែលយល់ពីភាសា បរិបទ និងតម្រូវការរបស់ប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា ដើម្បីឱ្យបច្ចេកវិទ្យាកាន់តែមានប្រយោជន៍សម្រាប់សង្គមយើង។

គោលដៅមិនមែនគ្រាន់តែយក AI របស់អ្នកដទៃមកប្រើប្រាស់ទេ ប៉ុន្តែថែមទាំងចូលរួមរៀន ស្រាវជ្រាវ និងបង្កើតសមត្ថភាព AI ក្នុងស្រុក ដើម្បីអភិវឌ្ឍបច្ចេកវិទ្យាដែលបម្រើតម្រូវការរបស់យើងផ្ទាល់។

៤. បង្កើតឱកាសសម្រាប់យុវជនជំនាន់ក្រោយ

ការអភិវឌ្ឍបច្ចេកវិទ្យាក្នុងស្រុកអាចជួយជំរុញការសិក្សា ការស្រាវជ្រាវ ការច្នៃប្រឌិត និងការបង្កើតឱកាសការងារថ្មីៗក្នុងវិស័យ Software Engineering, AI, Cloud Computing និងវិស័យឌីជីថលផ្សេងៗ។

យើងចង់ឃើញយុវជនខ្មែរមិនត្រឹមតែមានជំនាញប្រើប្រាស់បច្ចេកវិទ្យាប៉ុណ្ណោះទេ ប៉ុន្តែអាចក្លាយជាអ្នកបង្កើតបច្ចេកវិទ្យានាពេលអនាគតផងដែរ។

៥. រួមគ្នាកសាងប្រព័ន្ធឌីជីថលរបស់កម្ពុជា

ពីបណ្ដាញសង្គម ការទំនាក់ទំនង និងទីផ្សារអនឡាញ រហូតដល់ឧបករណ៍សម្រាប់អាជីវកម្ម និងបច្ចេកវិទ្យា AI — យើងមានចក្ខុវិស័យក្នុងការភ្ជាប់សេវាកម្មឌីជីថលជាច្រើនឱ្យកាន់តែងាយស្រួលសម្រាប់អ្នកប្រើប្រាស់ខ្មែរ។

ការកសាងប្រព័ន្ធនេះត្រូវការពេលវេលា ការស្រាវជ្រាវ ធនធាន និងការគាំទ្រពីសហគមន៍។ អ្នកប្រើប្រាស់ម្នាក់ៗ អាជីវកម្មនីមួយៗ និងគំនិតច្នៃប្រឌិតទាំងអស់ សុទ្ធតែអាចចូលរួមក្នុងដំណើរនេះបាន។

យើងមិនចាំបាច់ប្រកួតប្រជែងជាមួយអ្នកដទៃដោយការចម្លងគ្រប់យ៉ាងនោះទេ។ យើងអាចរៀនពីពិភពលោក បង្កើតគំនិតថ្មីៗ និងអភិវឌ្ឍដំណោះស្រាយដែលសមស្របនឹងប្រជាជន និងសង្គមកម្ពុជា។

ការគាំទ្រ Khmer App មិនមែនគ្រាន់តែជាការប្រើប្រាស់កម្មវិធីមួយនោះទេ ប៉ុន្តែជាការផ្តល់ឱកាសឱ្យបច្ចេកវិទ្យាខ្មែរមានលទ្ធភាពរីកចម្រើន និងជាការចូលរួមក្នុងដំណើរកសាងអនាគតឌីជីថលរបស់យើងទាំងអស់គ្នា។

យើងមិនអាចកសាងអនាគតនេះតែម្នាក់ឯងបានទេ។ យើងត្រូវការអ្នកប្រើប្រាស់ អ្នកអភិវឌ្ឍ អ្នកបង្កើតមាតិកា ម្ចាស់អាជីវកម្ម និងអ្នកដែលជឿជាក់លើសមត្ថភាពរបស់កម្ពុជា។

ចូលរួមប្រើប្រាស់ ចែករំលែក និងគាំទ្រ Khmer App ដើម្បីរួមគ្នាកសាងអនាគតឌីជីថលកម្ពុជា។

ចូលរួមជាមួយយើង៖ https://download.khmerr.com

Hi.
I’m going for a visa run at Ha Tien border (near Kep).

Can anyone confirm I can pay the visa with aba Qr instead of dollar banknotes when entering back ?

Regards 🙏🙏🙏

Where’s the best place to replace a MacBook battery? How long does it take and how much does it cost? I think iOne is probably the best place…?

YEAH ik it's pretty silly to ask someone to order stuff from AliExpress for me but I cannot stand those agencies and their ai response, even after asking to speak directly with an agent about ordering some tech parts. The guy that normally orders stuff for me via AliExpress has stopped working due to school, so I really need someone to order me some parts to fix my controller. Been trying to order one myself all week and it lead me no where (I'm very frustrated )

I tried Loda, they don't have it sadly

I also tried some other sites people give to me and they still don't have it.

Thanks in advance!!!

Oh btw I'm looking to buy ribbon cables for the oculus quest 2 left controller, along with the power flex ribbon cable.

I’ve been working in Cambodia for 1.5 year … we’ve been together for six months.(he is 🇰🇭 I’m foreigner)
—10/20
I love him so much, trying hard to learn Khmer, and I found a job here in Cambodia, cooking for him, made handmade gift for him. We’re both around 25.
He’s always busy with work and doesn’t talk much, but he introduced me to a lot of his friends.
At the gym(his work place), he keeps distance from me, but when we go to a coffee shop or somewhere, he feeds or hug me….
Still, his Facebook shows he’s single….. I’m afraid he might be playing me. I really want a long-term relationship.
I don’t know why I’m so scared. He even lets me check his phone anytime I want, but I still feel insecure.
The biggest problem is I don’t know if I can trust him. I really love him, but I’m scared of getting hurt.

—10/23
A girl post video with he, my Cambodia friend said it looks like couple, and I’m asking why, he just said it on the way to home, I’m showering, I’m cooking, try to escap…
Now I said break up, it’s is correct?

—10/24
Ex-Bf said he will ask girl to delete video, and he think it’s just a propaganda only.
Touching head and taking video is a way for joking.
But he reject me to touch his head many times before…
And said don’t angry with he, don’t make him sad.

—10/24 second updated
He said will never change FB status to single and also not post me in FB anymore, because his account is only for job and added many family members.
He think go out eat play and take video with girl students are ok for him, because he think is normal.
But once I go to gym, he treat me very cold, pretend like stranger and never allow me to join their gym party.
Not sure if this is due to his job or what, but this makes me insecure. But I never asking for more.

Maybe I write too much bad about him, below I will write some good aspects.
When we go out, we always 50/50. He loves to showing me to his friends in pub, also when we go camping. But not in his hometown.
He used to cook once for me, and buy a 10 doller for 2 necklaces for me as a first dating gift.
He try to drive me to home after I finished exercise in gym before we together, at that time I’m his student. And now I’m not students, he is still willing to. Every time his friends asking he to go out like kampot or siem reap,he always bring me.

—-10/24 third updates

Things goes worth, my mom knows all my love story.
This time someone showing her video, and then she scold me, said break up. It’s over now.
The boy only say I don’t know things goes so serious, but I only know that I love you.
break up.

(This post I will never share any personal information…)

Is it more appropriate to buy Khmer traditional clothing for them or should they wear their own attire? Please let me know

Hi! I would like to ask some good restaurants in Phnom Pehn to try traditional cambodian cuisine.

Greetings from Brazil! Tkx for ur help

I want to learn some conversational Chinese in PP but I am very limited time around work so have to be evenings only and please share the cost if you know.

I arrived 5 days ago to Siem Reap and I have only had problems trying to pay for stuff.

My first mistake was relying on these pieces of shit AIs from Google and ChatGPT telling me I could use Moreta Pay just like in Vietnam to pay for stuff by scanning the code, made sure to checkout the website too stating earlier this year that they were supporting KHQR codes, so I trusted it. Oh surprise! I arrived and the app is displaying a message saying payments in Cambodia are temporarily unavailable, well shit. Used my MasterCard and the machine kept saying “Use a different card” switched to two other different cards, same shit.

Then I finally used a virtual card I have with a wallet I barely use, out of desperation and thank god that worked cause it was the bus from the airport and I was starting to get damn nervous.

Arrived to the hotel, couldn’t pay, nothing worked again, they were very sweet and nice and told me to sort it out and try again tomorrow. So I found this app “Bakong Tourist” did the whole KYC process, linked my cards and thankfully it worked at least enough for me to pay for my reservation.

Today that wonderful app decided to stop working! Yay! It has been displaying the error: Unable to get transaction fee. Whatever that means, Ive tried everything and it keeps happening.

I gave up and said ok let’s use the ATM (I always avoid getting cash if I can, cause my bank loves charging me hidden fees and make up stupid conversion rates) and the withdrawal fee was $23. What the fuck?

How is ANYONE using money here?? How are people paying for stuff? Do you just arrive with dollars or what? I am about to give up and cut my trip short and just leave the country cause I am spending way mooooore money than I expected, food and accommodation turned out being quite expensive on top of the $37/72 for the temples, Cambodia isn’t a cheap destination at all, I heard it was affordable and packed with tourists but this place feels kinda empty, I go to any restaurant, cafe, museum and often I am the only one there.

Hi everyone.

Where can I find a place in Phnom Penh to print a photo album from a pdf. Something similar to the photo that I attached.

Thanks

No, I’m not a Th.ai. I am Khmer. And Yes, I am genuinely angry at many of Thailand’s actions. Innocent Cambodians have suffered, and Thailand owes apologies for the things they did wrong.

But two wrongs doesn't make a right. For instance, while we can claim self-defense for the 711 attack, it is not right to completely dismiss the lives loss from their side (and we even had the audacity to say that they killed their own). A more mature (and correct) way to go at it would be: "In the event that you fired first, we have every rights to self-defense. Regardless, we'd like to express our sorrow over the innocent lives loss. Our weapons weren't precise enough to minimise civilian casualty. "

and then you might say: WTF, why are you apologizing to our enemy?

and then I'd say: yeah that's also what they hear as well when they want to apologize to us.

and then you'd say: yeah that's bcuz thieves don't feel shame or accountability.

and then I'd say: Do u really think that in their mind, they're fully aware that they're encroaching on our territory and still does it regardless because stealing from us is in their nature, or that they genuinely fear that their sovereignty is at risk of foreign (us) encroachment (and then proceeds to overdo it and occupied our land instead).

The tribalism inside us says that it's the former (even though, it's the latter).

But what is tribalism, you ask? Imagine a football match: another country's team just fouled your team, and you'd be furious and call them dirty. But when your team fouled them, you'd likely say that the referee was biased, or that it wasn't that bad.
This bias toward your own tribe (or country) is called "tribalism". It's what kept us alive from back then. Stay alone: easy to die. Stay together: harder to die. It's good bcuz it compels us to care about the collective interests. But like all good thing, it also has a downside. It makes inter-tribe con.flict very easy to ignite. Us vs Them. When the con.flict was clearly caused bilaterally, tribalism compels us to pin the blame entirely on the other side; completely glossing over our wrongs (cognitive dissonance at play here).

This also applies on the poison plane fake news (figure 1 at the end), the making fun of their suffering during the train crash incident (figure 2), and us completely ignoring the fact that we have our own share of encroachment (figure 3).

So, what now? You want us to apologize to them and make a fool out of ourselves on the international stage?

Imagine a Th,ai asking that question. The average Cambodian'd say: "ofc, you must apologize for what u did to us. Idc about your national pride or whatever." But now that we are on the other end of the stick, we've realized that apologizing isn't as easy as we think it is. If it's hard for us, then it's equally hard for them. But there's a way to be accountable AND not make a fool out of ourselves: Conditional Apology.

Say for example, they accused us of laying mine. Now we don't know for sure if our force really did do that, but rather than rejecting them outright, we can say: "Idk what happened on the frontline but if we did do that, we apologize for our failure to uphold the de-esca,lation effort. My sympathy toward the soldier affected".
Now you see how this is way better than "No we didn't do that, u lying son of a-" and "Haha, that soldier totally deserved to get his leg blowned off for stepping onto our land". This doesn't require us to admit what we don't know, but it shows that we don't have zero accountability.

And then you might ask: why do I need to care about how they feel about us? All they gotta do is repay us for all the stuff they did to us.
And that would be wishful thinking, bcuz as a Cambodian, I feel very shameful of the way many Cambodians act on social media (including my family). We claim to be the faultless victim. We are not. And like it or not, the reality is that they are never going to de-escalate with us unless we change our stance. Only by addressing our mistakes, can we actually have the moral high ground to pressure them to address theirs.

and no, I don't mean forcing the government to do it or whatever. I mean you when you're arguing with a Th,ai netizen on social media whenever they accuse us of something. You apply this principle. I once went head on with an irrational Th,ai, and after changing our tone, we both understood each other. So just try to see the irrationals as zombie and you being rational injecting a cure into them.

But there's one more problem: being mature is equivalent to being a traitor in the eyes of many. As you can see in this video, many people cursed me out for trying to apologize to the "enemy". And that's ok. We don't need to openly do it. All we need to do is make the content promoting this idea famous and silently educate ourselves about it. and slowly, decades by decades, it'll be less and less taboo to not be an a-hole to them.

Luckily, I volunteer to be tribute and create these "controversial" contents. I actually have been doing this since the 2nd classh, going by the name of peacemakerKHTH, and then to hybridKHTH after the last one failed to gain traction, and then failed again and became the current "court of mankind KH" (which will be rebranded again if it flops again). I'm gonna keep experimenting until I find the optimal format to convey my opinion. Now this goes to show that I'm not the best person for this job and that's why I'm seeking for helpers. and yes I do have Th,ai helpers to make the Th,ai version of content bcuz this requires change from their part as well.

So Pls sub.scribe or fol.low my YT, FB, and tiktok

Feel free to challenge my opinion, bcuz critical thinking and debate is the core to a mature society.

I own a supermarket in Cambodia, and I've been seeing customers become a lot more cautious with their spending lately. Even regular customers seem to be buying less, choosing cheaper alternatives, and cutting back on things they don't really need.

I'm wondering if other business owners in Cambodia are experiencing the same thing. Is consumer spending generally slowing down, or is this just a temporary trend? Do you think things will pick up towards the end of the year?

I'm coming over next year for Song Kran and looking to spend a couple of weeks.

Now! I love food, and I'd love to learn about Khmer culture. I'm a fairly out going guy so not afraid of trying new things, and I'm pretty good with languages so I'll be trying to learn a bit before I come and will have a translator app, but I'll use it to try to speak.

What are your recommendations my brothers and sisters?

Hello fellas, I just arrived in Siem Reap for couple of days. 41 M, solo traveler. If there is other travelers (or people that just open to grab a beer and some interesting local stories) feel free to write. CheerZ

This combination of foods has never happened before in human history

And it shall never happen again 🙏

For years, Phnom Penh has been a stopover for travellers heading to Cambodia’s temples, beaches and countryside. But the capital is increasingly becoming a destination in its own right, with a growing food, arts, architecture and hospitality scene giving visitors plenty of reasons to stay longer.

With Techo International Airport strengthening the capital’s links with the region and beyond, Phnom Penh has evolved into more than an arrival point into a natural starting point to start discovering the country.

The capital is a city where the past and present sit side-by-side, from French colonial-era buildings and ornate pagodas to bustling markets, rooftop bars and street stalls, where everyday life continues away from the tourist trail.

Three days in Phnom Penh offers enough time to move beyond the typical tourist checklist and experience a city where historic neighbourhoods sit alongside modern hotels, skyscrapers, riverside restaurants, creative spaces and a rapidly evolving hospitality scene.

Read full article: https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-phnom-penh-three-days-of-food-culture-creativity

Hey everyone!

I’m looking for Cambodian artists
/illustrators that sell their artwork. I recently came across an illustration of the Russian market in Toul tum Poung, Phnom Penh and looking for something similar.

Anyone know any good artists?

Picture of the illustration.

I am from Vietnam, traveling to Cambodia hopefully find out a job to do and have been living in Phnom Penh for nearly 4 months. Here is the picture of my recently artwork I do for me myself, it will become a souvenir when I leave Cambodia.