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SOPHENG CHEANG

SOPHENG CHEANG

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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet visits country's close ally China on his 1st official trip abroad

Cambodia's new prime minister, Hun Manet, has arrived in Beijing on his first official trip abroad since taking office last month

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet visits country's close ally China on his 1st official trip abroad
Asia|Travel

Cambodia opens a new airport to serve Angkor Wat as it seeks to boost tourist arrivals

Commercial operations have begun at Cambodia’s newest and biggest airport, designed to serve as an upgraded gateway to the country’s major tourist attraction, the centuries-old Angkor Wat temple complex in the northwestern province of Siem Reap

Cambodia opens a new airport to serve Angkor Wat as it seeks to boost tourist arrivals
Asia|News|World

Chinese navy ships are first to dock at new pier at Cambodian naval base linked to Beijing

Chinese naval vessels have become the first ships to dock at a new pier at a Cambodian naval base that the United States and some international security experts say is destined to serve as a strategic outpost for Beijing’s navy

Chinese navy ships are first to dock at new pier at Cambodian naval base linked to Beijing
Asia|Health|News

Cambodia reports a new bird flu case, the brother of a 9-year-old who died of the virus

Cambodia’s Health Ministry says the brother of a boy who died last week from bird flu has tested positive for the virus

Cambodia reports a new bird flu case, the brother of a 9-year-old who died of the virus
Asia|News|World

Chinese foreign minister arrives in Cambodia, Beijing's closest Southeast Asian ally

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has arrived in Cambodia for a three-day official visit to reaffirm ties with Beijing’s closest ally in Southeast Asia

Chinese foreign minister arrives in Cambodia, Beijing's closest Southeast Asian ally
Asia|News|World

A munitions explosion at a Cambodian army base kills 20 soldiers, but its cause is unclear

Security is tight around a military base in southwestern Cambodia, a day after a huge explosion there killed 20 soldiers, wounded others and damaged nearby houses

A munitions explosion at a Cambodian army base kills 20 soldiers, but its cause is unclear
Asia|Business|Crime|Economy

Cambodia's Supreme Court upholds the 2-year prison sentence of a casino strike leader

Cambodia’s Supreme Court has upheld the two-year prison sentence of a labor union leader who led a long-running strike against the country’s biggest casino

Cambodia's Supreme Court upholds the 2-year prison sentence of a casino strike leader
Asia|News|Political|World

Chinese warships have been docked in Cambodia for 5 months, but government says it's not permanent

Cambodia’s Defense Ministry is insisting that the months-long presence of two Chinese warships at a strategically important naval base that is being expanded with funding from Beijing does not constitute a permanent deployment of the Chinese military in the country

Chinese warships have been docked in Cambodia for 5 months, but government says it's not permanent
Asia|News|US|World

The US defense secretary will visit Cambodia, one of China's closest allies, after regional talks

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is scheduled to make an official visit to Cambodia, one of China’s closest allies in Southeast Asia, after holding talks with his Chinese counterpart at an annual security conference in Singapore

The US defense secretary will visit Cambodia, one of China's closest allies, after regional talks
Asia|News|US|World

US defense secretary meets Cambodian officials to push for stronger ties with Chinese ally

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has met with Cambodian officials to discuss a possible resumption of joint military exercises, suggesting the beginning of a thaw in relations between the countries that have been strained over Cambodia’s growing closeness with China

US defense secretary meets Cambodian officials to push for stronger ties with Chinese ally
Arts|Asia|World

Cambodia welcomes the Metropolitan Museum's repatriation of statues looted over decades of turmoil

Cambodia’s culture minister says the return to Cambodia this week of 14 sculptures that had been looted from the country during a period of war and unrest is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors

Cambodia welcomes the Metropolitan Museum's repatriation of statues looted over decades of turmoil
Asia|Crime|News|Political

Head of Cambodia's top opposition party hit with $1.5 million judgement for defaming government

The lawyer for the president of Cambodia's main opposition party says his client has been found guilty of of defamation and has been ordered to pay $1.5 million in damages to the government

Asia|Environment|News|World

Cambodia breaks ground on a China-funded canal and says it will be built 'no matter the cost'

Cambodia on Monday broke ground to build a controversial, China-funded canal to link the capital Phnom Penh to the sea despite environmental concerns and the risk of straining ties with neighboring Vietnam

Cambodia breaks ground on a China-funded canal and says it will be built 'no matter the cost'
Arts|Asia|News|World

Cambodia's prime minister welcomes artifacts returned by New York's Met and other collections

Cambodia’s prime minister has led a celebration of the return of dozens of precious centuries-old artifacts from museums and private collectors abroad, and said his government will continue working with others to bring home more such cultural treasures

Cambodia's prime minister welcomes artifacts returned by New York's Met and other collections
Asia|News|World

Cambodia says China gifting 2 warships as it finishes work expanding strategically important port

Cambodia’s Defense Ministry says China is giving its navy two warships of the type it has had docked for months at a strategically important base being expanded with Beijing’s funding

Cambodia says China gifting 2 warships as it finishes work expanding strategically important port
Asia|News|World

Cambodia's leader defends arrests of protesters, claiming they were trying to overthrow government

Cambodia’s leader has condemned international human rights groups for criticizing his government’s arrests of nearly 100 people for protesting against a decades-old regional development agreement with neighboring countries

Asia|News|World

Cambodia decries US sanctions against one of its top tycoons implicated in forced labor

Cambodia has decried newly imposed U.S. sanctions on one of its tycoons who has been implicated in forced labor, human trafficking and lucrative online scams

Cambodia decries US sanctions against one of its top tycoons implicated in forced labor
Asia|Business|Crime|Economy|News

A union leader freed from prison vows to continue a strike against Cambodia's's biggest casino

A Cambodian union leader freed from prison after serving time for her part in a strike against the country’s biggest casino has vowed to continue the labor action until justice is done

A union leader freed from prison vows to continue a strike against Cambodia's's biggest casino
Asia|Crime|News|World

Cambodian maid is arrested and deported by Malaysia for criticizing Cambodia leaders on social media

A Cambodian woman who worked as a maid in Malaysia has been arrested and deported to her homeland for comments she posted on social media criticizing Cambodian government leaders

Asia|Crime|Health|World

Pregnant Philippine women arrested in Cambodia for surrogacy could be prosecuted after giving birth

A senior government official in Cambodia says that 13 pregnant Philippine women accused of illegally acting as surrogate mothers in Cambodia after being recruited online may face prison terms after they give birth

Arts|Asia|Science

Cambodian archaeologists discover a dozen centuries-old sandstone statues at Angkor UNESCO site

Archaeologists in Cambodia have unearthed a dozen centuries-old sandstone statues in a “remarkable discovery” at the Angkor World Heritage Site near the city of Siem Reap

Cambodian archaeologists discover a dozen centuries-old sandstone statues at Angkor UNESCO site
Asia|Opinion|World

After his arrest for Facebook posts, a Cambodian reporter says he will become a farmer instead

It’s tough being a reporter in Cambodia, whose government frowns on independent journalism that questions authority

After his arrest for Facebook posts, a Cambodian reporter says he will become a farmer instead
Asia|Crime|World

13 women convicted in Cambodia of acting as pregnancy surrogates for foreigners

Thirteen women from the Philippines have been convicted on human trafficking-related charges for acting as surrogates in Cambodia for a ring selling babies to foreigners for cash

13 women convicted in Cambodia of acting as pregnancy surrogates for foreigners
Asia|Political|US|World

For the first time in 8 years, a US Navy ship makes a port call in Cambodia, a top Chinese ally

A U.S. Navy warship has arrived in Cambodia, the first such visit in eight years to a nation that is China’s close ally in Southeast Asia

For the first time in 8 years, a US Navy ship makes a port call in Cambodia, a top Chinese ally
Asia|Crime|Political|World

Cambodian police detain a Thai man suspected of gunning down Cambodian ex-lawmaker in Bangkok

Cambodian police say they have apprehended a Thai man suspected of gunning down a former opposition politician from Cambodia in a popular Bangkok tourist area

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