SOPHENG CHEANG

This March 2007 photo shows a bronze sculpture titled "Standing Shiva" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The sculpture is one of 16 pieces of artwork that the museum said it will return to Cambodia and Thailand that federal prosecutors say were tied to an art dealer and collector accused of running a huge antiquities trafficking network out of Southeast Asia. (Metropolitan Museum of Art via AP)
Cambodia welcomes the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s plan to return looted antiquities
Cambodia has welcomed the announcement that New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will return more than a dozen pieces of ancient artwork to Cambodia and Thailand.
 
In this photo released by the official Facebook page of the Ream Naval Base, former Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh, second from right, reviews navy members before a training at Ream Naval Base in Sihanoukville, southwestern of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. (Ream Naval Base's Facebook page via AP)
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.
 
Tourists line up for check-in before departure at International Airport in Siem Reap province, Cambodia as it opened Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. The new airport can handle 7 million passengers a year, with plans to augment it to handle 12 million passengers annually from 2040. It was constructed under a 55-year build-operate-transfer (BOT) program between Cambodia and China. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodia inaugurates new Chinese-funded airport serving popular tourist destination of Angkor Wat
Cambodia has inaugurated its newest and biggest airport, a Chinese-financed project meant 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.
 
FILE - A Cambodian police man directs traffic as a convoy of police vehicles that was reportedly carrying Japanese citizens who were taken into custody on suspicion of running phone scams moves along a street on their way to Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on April 11, 2023. Twenty-five Japanese nationals suspected of involvement in an online scam operation based in Cambodia were deported to Japan on Wednesday, Nov. 8, said Gen. Khieu Sopheak, a spokesperson for Cambodia's Interior Ministry. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
Cambodia deports 25 Japanese nationals suspected of operating online scams
Twenty-five Japanese nationals suspected of involvement in a cyberscam operation based in Cambodia have been deported to Japan.
 
FILE - Thach Setha, a prominent vice president of the country's main opposition, Candlelight Party, talks to media members near the Vietnam Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Aug. 10, 2014. A top Cambodian opposition politician who was sentenced last month to 18 months in prison for issuing worthless checks has been convicted and sentenced to three years additional imprisonment for incitement to commit a felony and incitement to discriminate on the basis of race, religion or nationality. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
Cambodian court sentences jailed opposition politician to 3 more years in prison
A leading Cambodian opposition politician who was sentenced last month to 18 months in prison on charges of issuing worthless checks has been convicted and sentenced to three more years of imprisonment for alleged incitement to commit a felony and to discriminate.
 
FILE -In this Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, photo, tourists line up for stepping up Angkor Wat temple outside Siem Reap, Cambodia. Commercial operations have begum 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. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
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 records second bird flu death in a week, third this year, after no cases since 2014
A 2-year-old girl has become the second person in Cambodia to die of bird flu this week, and the third this year.
 
Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, right, walks after a ceremony at the Independence Monument in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Srettha Thavisin is on his one day official visit to Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
New Thai prime minister pays friendly visit to neighboring Cambodia’s own new leader
Two of Southeast Asia’s newest national leaders have exchanged congratulations on their new posts as Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin paid a one-day official visit to Cambodia for talks with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet.
 
FILE - Thach Setha, foreground, a prominent vice president of the country's main opposition, Candlelight Party, talks to media members near the Vietnam Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on July 21, 2014. The Phnom Penh Municipal Court issued its verdict Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, against Thach Setha, a vice president of the Candlelight Party, after finding that he had issued several bounced checks in 2019. Thach Setha was arrested in January this year, ahead of Cambodia’s general election in July. His arrest was seen by government critics as part of a broader campaign to ensure that the long-ruling Cambodian People’s Party would face no serious opposition in the polls.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
A leader of Cambodia’s main opposition party jailed for 18 months for bouncing checks
A prominent leader of Cambodia’s political opposition has been convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison for issuing worthless checks four years ago. His party has called the case politically motivated.
 
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet lays a wreath at the Monument to the People's Heroes on the Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Cambodia's new prime minister, Hun Manet, has arrived in Beijing on his first official trip abroad since taking office last month. He arrived on Thursday and is scheduled to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a visit that demonstrates Cambodia's warm relations with China, its closest political and economic ally. (Yue Yuewei/Xinhua via AP)
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.
 
Hun Manet, center, army chief, designate prime minister and son of Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, attends an assembly session in the National Assembly's hall in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodian Parliament approves longtime leader’s son as prime minister as part of generational change
The son of longtime autocratic Cambodian leader Hun Sen has been approved as the country’s new prime minister. It’s part of a change in top positions in the Southeast Asian nation.
 
Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni, foreground, greets as he heads back to Royal Palace, in front of the National Assembly in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Cambodian king on Monday presided over the opening of the first session of National Assembly in Phnom Penh. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
New faces in Cambodia’s parliament as king welcomes incoming lawmakers
Cambodia’s king has congratulated the country’s new lawmakers and urged them to promote economic growth and equality. It was his traditional speech on the opening day of the new National Assembly after elections.
 
This photo released by the Cambodia Mine Action Center, CMAC, shows unexploded ordnance at Queen Kosamak High School in Kratie Province, northeastern of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. Cambodian authorities have temporarily closed the high school where thousands of pieces of unexploded ordinance from the country's nearly three decades of civil war have been unearthed. (Cambodia Mine Action Center via AP)
Thousands of pieces of unexploded ordnance found buried in ground at Cambodian school
Cambodian authorities have temporarily closed a high school where thousands of pieces of unexploded ordnance from the country’s nearly three decades of civil war have been unearthed.
 
In this photo provided by Kok Ky/Cambodia's Government Cabinet, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, right, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, during a meeting in Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. (Kok Ky/Cambodia's Government Cabinet via AP)
China’s foreign minister visits Cambodia days after incumbent premier hands off the job to his son
China’s foreign minister visited Cambodia to reaffirm his country’s commitment to the southeast Asian country after its incumbent prime minister handed off the job to his son following a one-sided election last month.
 
Hun Manet, a son of Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, receives flowers from his supporters as he leads a procession to mark the end of an election campaign of Cambodian People's Party, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on July 21, 2023. Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday, Aug. 7, formally endorsed army chief Hun Manet to succeed his father and long-ruling Prime Minister Hun Sen as the nation's leader later this month after their party sealed victory in a one-sided election last month. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodia’s king appoints army chief Hun Manet as successor to his father, long-ruling Hun Sen
Cambodia’s king has appointed army chief Hun Manet to succeed his father and long-ruling Prime Minister Hun Sen as the nation’s leader later this month.
 
In this photo provided by Cambodia's Prime Minister Telegram, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, left, walks together with former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, right, during a meeting at Hun Sen's residents in Takhmua, Kandal province southeast Phnom Penh Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Suaturday, Aug. 5, 2023. Thaksin attended a birthday party for outgoing Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh, according to video posted online Sunday, Aug. 6, a day after Thaksin said he would delay plans to return to Thailand following years of self-imposed exile. (Cambodia's Prime Minister Telegram via AP)
Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra seen in video at Cambodian leader’s birthday party
 
FILE- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) raises a ballot before voting at a polling station at Takhmua in Kandal province, southeast Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on July 23, 2023. Longtime Cambodian leader Hun Sen says he will step down in three weeks as prime minister and hand the position to his oldest son. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
Cambodia’s Hun Sen, Asia’s longest serving leader, says he’ll step down and his son will take over
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says he will step down in August and hand the position to his oldest son, though Asia’s longest-serving leader is expected to continue to wield significant power.
 
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) drops a ballot into a box for voting at a polling station at Takhmua in Kandal province, southeast Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, July 23, 2023. Cambodians go to the polls Sunday with incumbent Prime Minister Hun Sen and his party all but assured a landslide victory thanks to the effective suppression and intimidation of any real opposition that critics say has made a farce of democracy in the Southeast Asian nation. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
US announces punitive measures over concerns that Cambodia’s elections were ‘neither free nor fair’
Cambodia’s longtime ruling party is lauding its landslide victory in weekend elections as a clear mandate for the next five years.
 
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, right, of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) shows off his inked finger, standing next to his wife Bun Rany, left, after voting a ballot at a polling station in Takhmua in Kandal province, southeast Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, July 23, 2023. Cambodians go to the polls Sunday with incumbent Prime Minister Hun Sen and his party all but assured a landslide victory thanks to the effective suppression and intimidation of any real opposition that critics say has made a farce of democracy in the Southeast Asian nation. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Hun Sen’s ruling party claims landslide win in Cambodian election after opposition was suppressed
The ruling party of Cambodia’s longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen has claimed a landslide election victory that was virtually assured after the suppression and intimidation of the opposition.
 
FILE - A man views Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's Facebook page on his mobile phone on the sidewalk in downtown Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on March 1, 2016. Hun Sen on Thursday, July 20, 2023, reactivated his Facebook account, just three weeks after he had announced he was forsaking the social media giant in favor of posting on Telegram, a popular messaging app that also serves as a blogging tool. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
Cambodia’s leader returns to Facebook weeks after an acrimonious breakup with the platform
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook account has been reactivated, three weeks after he announced he was forsaking the social media giant in favor of posting on the Telegram messaging app.
 
FILE - Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, also President of Cambodian People's Party, delivers a speech during his party election campaign in Phnom Penh Cambodia, Saturday, July 1, 2023. Two senior members of Cambodia’s opposition Candlelight Party have been arrested for allegedly teaching voters how to cast a null ballot in this month's general election, becoming the first people to be arrested under the country's recently amended election law. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
Cambodian opposition party officials arrested for allegedly encouraging casting of spoiled ballots
Two senior members of the only major functioning opposition party in Cambodia have been arrested for allegedly teaching voters how to cast a spoiled ballot in this month’s general election.
 
FILE - Theary Seng, right, a Cambodian-American lawyer, dressed in a prison-style orange outfit, greets her supporters as she arrived at Phnom Penh Municipal Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Jan. 4, 2022. The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said in a judgement late Wednesday, July 12, 2023, that while attorney Theary Seng had been convicted of conspiracy to commit treason and other charges last year, her only crime was “making two posts on Facebook critical of Hun Sen,” Cambodia's autocratic prime minister. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
UN expert group calls for release of Cambodian-American human rights activist after investigation
A United Nations expert group is calling for the immediate release of a Cambodian-American human rights activist, saying an investigation it conducted has concluded she was being “arbitrarily detained in violation of international law.”
 
Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, also President of Cambodian People's Party, delivers a speech during his party election campaign in Phnom Penh Cambodia, Saturday, July 1, 2023. The three-week official campaigning period began Saturday for the July 23 general election. Eighteen parties are contesting the polls, but Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian Peoples Party is virtually guaranteed a landslide victory. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodia ruling party victory a sure bet as campaigning begins for general election
Campaigning for Cambodia’s general election has officially begun. It’s an exercise that serves more as an affirmation of a nominally democratic process than a prelude to a genuine contest.
 
FILE - Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen attends the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, on May 10, 2023. Cambodia’s long-serving, tough-talking leader, Hun Sen, says he is considering banning Facebook in his country, largely because he is fed up with the abuse he receives on it from his political foes abroad. On Wednesday, June 28, he suddenly announced he will no longer upload to Facebook and will instead depend on Telegram to get his message across. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, Pool, File)
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen had been a huge Facebook fan. Now he’s threatening to ban it
Cambodia’s long-serving, tough-talking leader, Hun Sen, says he is considering banning Facebook in his country, largely because he is fed up with the abuse he receives on it from his political foes abroad.
 
FILE - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen claps during the 71st anniversary celebration of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) at its headquarters in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. A quasi-independent review board has recommended that Facebook suspend that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook and Instagram accounts for six months for using language that could incite violence. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
Oversight board recommends Facebook suspend Cambodian premier’s account for violent language
A quasi-independent review board is recommending that Facebook temporarily suspend the social media accounts of Cambodia’s prime minister.
 
FILE -Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, right, shows a mobile device to Philippine's President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., during the ASEAN - South Korea Summits (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen, a devoted and very active user of Facebook, says he will no longer upload to the platform, and instead depend on the Telegram app for getting his message across. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)
Cambodian leader Hun Sen, a huge Facebook fan, says he is jumping ship to Telegram
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, a devoted and very active user of Facebook, says he will no longer upload to the platform and will instead depend on the Telegram app to get his message across.
 
In this photo released by De Ratha/Cambodia National Assembly, Cambodian lawmaker raise their hands to approve amending the country’s election law at the National Assembly, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, June 23, 2023. Cambodian lawmakers on Friday unanimously approved amending the country's election law to ban anyone who fails to vote from running as a candidate in future elections, a move that critics say is aimed at crippling the opposition's chances at the polls. (De Ratha/Cambodia National Assembly via AP)
Cambodian lawmakers approve changes to election law that disqualify candidates who don’t vote
Pro-government Cambodian lawmakers have unanimously approved changes to the country’s election law that will ban anyone who fails to vote from running as a candidate in future elections.
 
Cambodian man arrested with almost 300 centuries-old jars
A man in Cambodia has been arrested for possessing almost 300 centuries-old earthenware jars that he is believed to have salvaged from a shipwreck.
 
Cambodian province famous for Angkor Wat bans dog meat trade
Authorities in the Cambodian province that is home to the famous Angkor Wat temple complex have issued an order banning the buying, selling and butchering of dogs for food.
 
7 dead as 2 more bodies found in Cambodia building collapse
Search and rescue teams in Cambodia have found two more bodies in the rubble of a collapsed building in the coastal province of Kep, raising the death toll in the disaster to seven.
 
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