ROMDUOL VILLAGE, Cambodia — Hundreds of Cambodian villagers held a rare oxcart race on Sunday, trying to revive a centuries-old tradition as they celebrated the arrival of the lunar new year. Under a hot sun and amid clouds of dust, they gathered in Romduol village in Kampong Speu province, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) west … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave The Metropolitan Museum of Art and federal prosecutors announced Friday that more than a dozen ancient relics in the museum’s collection will be returned to Cambodia. The repatriation of the artworks follows years of questions regarding whether the Met’s collection contained pieces that Douglas Latchford, an alleged … Read more
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — 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 analysts say is destined to serve as a strategic outpost for Beijing’s navy. The docking of the two ships, which received little publicity, coincided … Read more
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia’s Hun Sen has been his nation’s autocratic prime minister for almost 4 many years, throughout which the opposition has been stifled and the nation has grown more and more near China. Together with his Cambodian Folks’s Get together nearly assured one other landslide victory on this Sunday’s election, it’s exhausting … Read more
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, a faithful and really lively person of Fb — on which he has posted every part from pictures of his grandchildren to threats towards his political enemies — mentioned Wednesday that he’ll not add to the platform and can as an alternative rely on the Telegram … Read more