In focus: Robert Carmichael

“I was born in Cape Town in 1969 and grew up in South Africa. After university I lived in the UK for a few years and travelled widely through Africa, Asia and even a few parts of Europe. I went to Cambodia in 2001 and ended up working as the managing editor of the Phnom Penh Post newspaper for two years. In early 2009 I returned to Cambodia ahead of the start of the Khmer Rouge tribunal and am currently the country correspondent for the German Press Agency dpa. I also put together news and feature pieces for Radio Australia, Voice of America radio, and Deutsche Welle radio, and for The Independent newspaper in the UK. I am currently writing a book about Cambodia in relation to the Khmer Rouge period.” 

Robert Carmichael is one of the finest foreign correspondents in Cambodia. To learn more about him and his work visit his website: www.robertcarmichael.net.

Robert Carmichael.