Cambodia’s heroes brought to life
Publication date 05 November 2020 | 21:24 | ICT

From a distance, one might mistake Bin Chharann’s sculpture of Chuon Nath – the creator of the Khmer dictionary – as an actual monk meditating peacefully.

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