Today’s leading Cambodian artists provide proof positive that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Why do some people think art is a perfect representation of Angkor Wat, while others think art should be abstract, challenging, and modern. We ask painters, sculptors, and the general public to tell us what they think art is, and we profile Cambodia’s up-and-coming new breed of visual artists.

Recent discoveries were made in Preah Vihear during the construction of roads. Up to 17 iron melting workshops were discovered, revealing once again the large number of antiques that are being pillaged and sold locally. Many of these antiques can be bought in local markets...as long as they are not taken out of the country - it is legal. Should these national treasures be treated as national heritage?

On the way to Sihanoukville, near Prey Nub, live the last of the Sa'och in Cambodia. This minority was once a large population, spread on the coast and in places in Thailand. Today, a handful of elders hold the last pieces of a lost language. The youth feel that it is a shame to be Sa'och.

While Buddhism is considered the main religion in the country, critics say spirituality is being lost. Some monks also practice animism helping to keep age-old traditions. But what schooling do monks receive these days? Are the old teachings dilluted by new curriculums? In our second part, we see that pagodas are also managed by their own committee: what happens when the head monks and committe disagree?

Wood as for many other things can take much higher value when it is worked on. What used to be the pillars of a century-old building are turned into sacred sculptures.