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TikTok videos shot at a UNESCO World Heritage Site have some historians concerned. Tourists in the videos recreate the "Temple Run" video game at Angkor Wat, running through the temple. AdvertisementA series of TikTok videos showing tourists reenacting a video game run through a 900-year-old Cambodian temple complex has some conservationists and historians up in arms. Bloomberg first reported on the fresh wave of videos at Cambodia's Angkor Wat, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. TikTokers, Facebookers, and YouTubers are attempting to recreate the "Temple Run" video game in real life, according Bloomberg, with clips of themselves dashing across the ancient grounds set to jaunty sound effects.
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Meet Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's 6 children
  + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +13 min
AdvertisementVivienne Jolie-Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Zahara Jolie-Pitt, and Shiloh Jolie-Pitt at the world premiere of "Eternals" at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on October 18, 2021. On her 18th birthday on May 27, Shiloh filed to legally change her name to Shiloh Jolie, TMZ and People reported. Knox, Zahara, Pax, Jolie, Vivienne, and Shiloh at the world premiere of "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" in 2019. AdvertisementShiloh Jolie-Pitt, Zahara Jolie-Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, Maddox Jolie-Pitt and Knox Jolie-Pitt at the UK premiere of "Eternals" on October 27, 2021 in London, England. Vivienne is listed as "Vivienne Jolie" in the Playbill, but it's unclear if she legally changed her name.
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By Chantha LachPHNOM PENH (Reuters) - In a small warehouse in Cambodia's capital, a group of workers sit and spin waste plastic bottles into strips, turning them into bristles for brooms, of which they churn out 500 each day. For the past 11 months they have transformed around 40 tonnes of discarded plastic bottles, about 5,000 bottles per day, by "upcycling" them into brooms they say are more robust than regular brushes. Cambodian entrepreneur Has Kea, 41, wants to reduce plastic pollution in his community, in a city that produces up to 38,000 tonnes of all types of waste each day, according to its environmental department. Kea buys empty plastic bottles from trash collectors and garbage depots. "This also help reduce pollution to the environment and encourages people to collect plastic bottles to sell to us at a higher price, which in turn, could earn them a better living," he said.
Persons: Chantha, riel, Suon Kosal, Juarawee Kittisilpa, Martin Petty, Alison Williams Organizations: Reuters, Kea Locations: Chantha Lach PHNOM PENH, Cambodian
[1/5] A general view of a floating fishing village near Kampong Phluk at Tonle Sap Lake, in Siem Reap, Cambodia November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Chantha Lach Acquire Licensing RightsKAMPONG PHLUK, Cambodia, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Fisherman Siem Huat has seen fish stocks dwindle in recent years in Cambodia's majestic Tonle Sap Lake, and with them, his family's sole source of income. "Sometimes there is rainfall in the wrong months or it gets so hot I can't go out to fish," said the 45-year-old Siem Huat, as he navigated his boat through mangroves to pull in nets carrying disappointingly few fish. The Mekong River typically swells in the rainy season as it converges with Cambodia's Tonle Sap River, sending an unusual reversed flow into the Tonle Sap Lake that fills up the latter and spawns bountiful fish stocks. Reporting by Chantha Lach, Napat Wesshasartar; Editing by Kanupriya Kapoor and Clarence FrenandezOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Chantha Lach, Siem, Napat, Kanupriya Kapoor, Clarence Frenandez Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Kampong Phluk, Tonle Sap, Siem Reap, Cambodia, PHLUK, Asia's, Sap, Dubai
Henry Kissinger died at his Connecticut home. The controversial and polarizing statesman made choices in foreign policy that impact the US today. AdvertisementDr. Henry Kissinger, scholar and former US secretary of state, died at 100 at his home in Connecticut, Kissinger Associates, Inc. said in a statement Wednesday. Xi Jinping and Henry Kissinger Nicolas Asouri/ReutersKissinger was a practitioner of realpolitik — using diplomacy to achieve practical objectives rather than advance lofty ideals. Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger speaking in October 2023, in an interview about the Gaza attack on Israel.
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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCambodia's deputy prime minister: China's BRI has helped, not hurt, our infrastructure developmentSun Chanthol, Cambodia's deputy prime minister, discusses China's Belt and Road Initiative and concerns about a debt trap, and says "we will not build a white elephant project."
Persons: China's BRI Organizations: Sun, Initiative
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCambodia is focusing on decarbonizing its transportation sector, minister saysKeo Rattanak, Cambodia's minister of mines and energy, discusses the steps the country is taking to achieve its net-zero targets.
Persons: Keo Rattanak Organizations: Cambodia
CNN —Cambodia’s newest and biggest airport opened to commercial operations in the province of Siem Reap in the country’s northwest this week. The China-funded Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport is now the main gateway to one of the country’s most popular tourist sites, the UNESCO-listed Angkor Archaeological Complex. Using the International Air Transport Association-designated code SAI, it replaces Siem Reap International Airport (REP), which first opened in 1932 and is only a few kilometers away from the Angkor complex. Located in Siem Reap province, the UNESCO-listed Angkor Archaeological Park is one of Cambodia's most famous sites. The country is on track to receive approximately 4.5 to five million international tourists by the end of this year, says the ministry.
Persons: Ashit Desai, Angkor Thom Organizations: CNN, UNESCO, Thailand’s Bangkok Airways, International Air Transport Association, SAI, Initiative, REP, Economic, Office, Embassy, Yunnan Aviation Industry Investment Group, Construction, Getty, Cambodia’s Ministry, Tourism Locations: Siem Reap, China, Angkor, Siem, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Khmer, Angkor Wat
Hailed by Xi as a “project of the century,” the BRI has emerged as a glaring symbol of China’s rise as a global power. Chinese investment in BRI projects has tapered off as the world’s second-biggest economy slows. The opening ceremony of Cambodia's Morodok Techo National Stadium, funded by China's Belt and Road Initiative, in Phnom Penh on December 18, 2021. Later that year, Xi pledged that China would not build any new coal-fired power projects abroad. The BRI has also spurred other countries to increase their own efforts toward supporting infrastructure projects in the developing world.
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[1/5] Fisherman Ung Bun, 39, sits in his boat out at sea off the coast of Cambodia's southern Kep province, Cambodia August 18, 2023. Ung Bun dropped the crab - a male that was too small - back into the sea. The Cambodia government's crab releasing campaign dates back to 2010 but this year it began working with Wild Earth Allies, a non-profit organisation. I can hardly afford to buy gasoline to go out to fish or pay for my children's school fees, and so I face problems with my family," Ung Bun said. "If the villagers see my work, many would not understand what I'm doing," Ung Bun said.
Persons: Bun, Thomas Suen, Ung Bun, Ung, hasn't, Kay Johnson, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: REUTERS, University of Maine's, Allies, Thomson Locations: Kep province, Cambodia, Kep, Kampot
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet headed to Beijing on Thursday on his first official trip abroad since taking office last month in a demonstration of his country's warm relations with China, its closest political and economic ally. He is expected to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping and other officials on the three-day trip, according to Cambodia's Foreign Ministry. Cambodia is a key Chinese diplomatic partner and supporter in regional and international forums. It helps dampen criticism of Beijing within the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, several of whose members are engaged in territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea. More than 40% of Cambodia's $10 billion in foreign debt is owed to China.
Persons: Hun Manet, Xi Jinping Organizations: Cambodian, Foreign Ministry, Association of Southeast Asian Nations Locations: Beijing, China, Cambodia, South China, Phnom Penh
Sept 13 (Reuters) - The family of late American pipeline billionaire George Lindemann has agreed to return 33 looted artefacts to Cambodia, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, a decision described as "momentous" by the Southeast Asian country. In a statement it said the family's decision to return the artefacts was voluntary. Lawyers for the Lindemann family did not immediately respond to a request for comment. He said he understood the Lindemann family had paid more than $20 million for the artefacts. U.S. authorities have been spent more than a decade working on locating artefacts from Cambodia and have so far repatriated 65.
Persons: George Lindemann, Koh Ker, Lindemann, Bradley Gordon, Hun Manet, Douglas Latchford, Clare Baldwin, Chantha Lach, Martin Petty Organizations: Attorney's, Southern, of, Lawyers, United, Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, American Chamber of Commerce, Thomson Locations: Cambodia, Angkor, U.S, of New York, United States, Hong Kong, Phnom Penh
An official ASEAN statement issued Tuesday night confirmed the decision to hand the chair to the Philippines in 2026 and affirmed the group's commitment to a five-point plan for restoring peace and stability in Myanmar. The ASEAN leaders' statement on Myanmar stressed the desire to work with the generals to end the country's crisis, especially in the context of the five-point plan which Myanmar accepted in 2021 but has largely failed to implement. "All of us are aware of the magnitude of the world's challenges today, where the main key to facing them is the unity and centrality of ASEAN," Widodo told fellow leaders. "ASEAN leaders must ensure that this ship is able to keep going, able to keep sailing," Widodo said. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said before flying to Jakarta that he plans to offer assurances of the safety of the ongoing release into the sea of treated radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant.
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Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet attends an event to meet with garment workers on his first public appearance since taking office, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, August 29, 2023. The 45-year-old last month took over power from his father Hun Sen after a lopsided general election that all opposition parties were barred from contesting. In a country once riven by decades of war, Cambodia has now evolved to a lower-middle income nation with economic growth rates of 7%, he said. Cambodia's parliament approved Hun Manet as prime minister in August. Hun Sen, one of the world's longest ruling leaders, has said he expects his son to continue his leadership style and will himself remain in politics.
Persons: Hun Manet, Cindy Liu, Monday, Hun Sen, Kate Lamb, Kanupriya Kapoor, Nick Macfie Organizations: Cambodia’s, REUTERS, Rights, Cambodian, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Rights JAKARTA, Cambodia's
Hun Sen speaks at a press conference at the National Assembly after a vote to confirm his son, Hun Manet, as Cambodia's prime minister in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, August 22, 2023. Meta, in a written statement, agreed to take down the video but said it would respond to the board's recommendation to suspend Hun Sen after a review. Cambodia barred the 22-member oversight board from the country, declaring the recommendation was "political" in nature. Hun Sen remains influential in Cambodia and after stepping aside vowed to stay in politics for at least another decade. Cambodia's Ministry of Post and Telecommunications on its Facebook page on Tuesday "congratulated" Facebook for its decision and reiterated that the Meta oversight board was still unwelcome.
Persons: Hun Sen, Hun Manet, Cindy Liu, Hun, Fanny Potkin, Martin Petty Organizations: National Assembly, REUTERS, Meta, Cambodian People's Party, Facebook, Cambodia's Ministry of Post, Telecommunications, Thomson Locations: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
[1/3] Hun Manet, nominee for Cambodia's prime minister, walks on the day that parliament votes to confirm the country's next prime minister, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Cindy Liu Acquire Licensing RightsPHNOM PENH, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Cambodia's newly elected parliament endorsed military general Hun Manet as prime minister on Tuesday, completing a historic transfer of power in a fast-changing country led by his father for nearly four decades. The Western-educated Hun Manet, 45, had the backing of the majority of the National Assembly in proceedings screened live on television. His father, Hun Sen, a former Khmer Rouge guerrilla and self-style strongman, has pledged to remain in politics in other roles for at least a decade. Little is known about Hun Manet's vision for Cambodia, a country of 16 million people, few of whom have lived under a leader other than his father.
Persons: Hun Manet, Cindy Liu, Hun Sen, Hun Manet's, Martin Petty, Stephen Coates Organizations: REUTERS, National Assembly, New York University, Britain's Bristol University, Thomson Locations: Phnom Penh, Cambodia, PHNOM PENH, Khmer Rouge, United States
Hun Manet, nominee for Cambodia's prime minister, gestures as he registers at the National Assembly on the day that parliament votes to confirm the country's next prime minister, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, August 22, 2023. The eldest of Hun Sen's five children, Hun Manet was born in 1977 in rural Cambodia. Hun Manet is married to Pich Chanmony, the daughter of a prominent Cambodian politician and has three children. In late 2021, Hun Sen declared Hun Manet his anointed successor and he was later endorsed by the CPP as "future prime minister". WHAT KIND OF LEADER WILL HUN MANET BE?
Persons: Hun Manet, Cindy Liu, Hun Sen, Will Hun Manet, Hun Sen's, Manet, Pich Chanmony, HUN MANET, Michael Perry Organizations: National Assembly, REUTERS, New York University, Britain's Bristol University, Cambodian People's Party, CPP, U.S ., ASEAN Business Council, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Cambodian, United States, Britain, China, U.S, New York
The International Labour Organization (ILO), of which Cambodia is a member, permits prison labour provided it is not forced. The companies, which Sopheak confirmed were W Dexing Garment (Cambodia), IGTM (Cambodia) and Chia Ho (Cambodia) Garment Industrial, did not respond to requests for comment. It said it learned in February that Cambodia was investigating and that the prison workshops had been suspended. Centric told Reuters in an email in June that it had "placed on hold" imports from a factory in Cambodia and would "immediately terminate" any supplier found to be using prison labour. CAMBODIA INVESTIGATESPrison labour at CC2 potentially puts Cambodia at odds with the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences, which grants duty-free benefits to eligible developing nations.
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New Cambodian cabinet to feature children of the powerful
  + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Hun Manet, son of Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, looks on at the final Cambodian People's Party (CPP) election campaign for the upcoming general election in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 21, 2023. REUTERS/Cindy Liu/File PhotoAug 11 (Reuters) - Outgoing Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has unveiled a list of people expected to feature in a new cabinet, including several sons and daughters of close allies and serving ministers. The rubber-stamp parliament is set to approve the new prime minister and cabinet on Aug. 22. While giving up the job of prime minister, Hun Sen looks set to remain engaged with government. This week, Hun Sen announced that Khuon Sodary had been designated as president of the National Assembly, the first woman to hold the position.
Persons: Hun Manet, Cambodia's, Hun Sen, Cindy Liu, Cham, Sar Sokha, Sar, Seiha, Tea, Hun Sen's, Khuon Sodary, Kanupriya Kapoor, Robert Birsel Organizations: Cambodian People's Party, REUTERS, Cambodian, World Bank, National Assembly, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
[1/2] Hun Manet, son of Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen is seen at a polling station on the day of Cambodia's general election, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 23, 2023. REUTERS/Cindy Liu/File PhotoPHNOM PENH, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Cambodia's king has approved the nomination the eldest son of Prime Minister Hun Sen to become the next premier, according to a decree published on Monday, confirming a long-awaited transition of power. Hun Manet, 45, was educated in the United States and Britain, where has received a master decree and doctorate respectively, both in economics. Hun Manet has said little of his vision for the country. Reporting by Prak Chan Thul; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by Christian Schmollinger, Robert BirselOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Hun Manet, Cambodia's, Hun Sen, Cindy Liu, Western, Prak Chan Thul, Martin Petty, Christian Schmollinger, Robert Birsel Organizations: REUTERS, Telegram, National Assembly, Cambodian People's Party, Point, Thomson Locations: Phnom Penh, Cambodia, PHNOM PENH, Khmer, United States, Britain
CNN —Three bronze sculptures looted from Cambodia and later sold to the National Gallery of Australia for $1.5 million will be returned to the Southeast Asian kingdom, the museum announced Thursday. The gallery purchased the artifacts in 2011 from the late art dealer Douglas Latchford, who was subsequently accused by US investigators of trafficking stolen antiquities. He added that “about 20” other Cambodian items in the museum’s collection are still being reviewed. Kingdom of Cambodia/National Gallery of AustraliaThe three items from the National Gallery will join that collection in Phnom Penh once the new extension is complete. In 2021, it returned 17 works of art connected to disgraced art dealers Subhash Kapoor and William Wolff.
Persons: Douglas Latchford, , Chanborey, Cheunboran, Nick Mitzevich, Arts Susan Templeman, Karlee, of Australia Latchford, Latchford, Bradley Gordon, Latchford’s, Nawapan Kriangsak, , Phoeurng Sackona, Subhash Kapoor, William Wolff Organizations: CNN, National Gallery of Australia, Arts, of Australia, Cambodia’s, Culture and Fine Arts, of Locations: Cambodia, Australia, New Zealand, Canberra, Karlee Holland, Khmer, New York, Angkor Wat, Thailand, Phnom Penh, Kingdom
[1/2] Hun Manet, son of Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen is seen at a polling station on the day of Cambodia's general election, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 23, 2023. "We hope to host (Hun Manet). Osius said the U.S. approach to Cambodia had been "punitive" and Washington should look for opportunities for dialogue. "Better for (Hun Manet) if there if he's got some strategic options, and that could mean improving ties with us," he said. Cambodia's Washington embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Persons: Hun Manet, Cambodia's, Hun Sen, Cindy Liu, Ted Osius, he’s, he's, Osius, Hun, Simon Lewis, David Brunnstrom, Marguerita Choy Organizations: REUTERS, Southeast Asia, Reuters, Cambodian People's Party, U.S ., ASEAN Business, General Assembly, Beijing, U.S . State Department, Thomson Locations: Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Washington, New York, Southeast, U.S, Vietnam, United States, China, Ream, UNGA
Hun Manet, son of Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen is seen at a polling station on the day of Cambodia's general election, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 23, 2023. REUTERS/Cindy Liu/File PhotoPHNOM PENH, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Cambodia's election commission said on Tuesday that nearly half a million ballots were spoiled in the national election last month, which critics have called a sham as all opposition parties were barred from contesting. About 440,000 ballots -- or every one in 18 -- were invalidated, the NEC said, adding the election had seen a high turnout of 85%. Authorities had threatened voters with heavy penalties if they spoiled ballots or boycotted the election or urged others to do so. Opposition figures and rights groups say Hun Sen has for years suppressed democratic institutions while cracking down on opponents and critics.
Persons: Hun Manet, Cambodia's, Hun Sen, Cindy Liu, Prak Chan Thul, Kanupriya Kapoor, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: REUTERS, Cambodian People Party, NEC, Authorities, Thomson Locations: Phnom Penh, Cambodia, PHNOM PENH
Cambodian PM Hun Sen to hand over power to son
  + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Reuters Editorial | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: 1 min
PoliticsCambodian PM Hun Sen to hand over power to sonPostedCambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Wednesday he will step down and hand over power to his son next month, ending a near four-decade reign during which he established stability after years of war but stifled democracy in the process. Joel Flynn reports.
Persons: Hun Sen, Joel Flynn Organizations: Cambodian
Cambodia PM Hun Sen to hand over power to son next month
  + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Phnom Penh, July 26 (Reuters) - Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Wednesday he will step down and hand over power to his son next month, ending a near four-decade reign that has in recent years overseen an erosion of democracy in the Southeast Asian country. "Hun Manet...will become the prime minister in the coming weeks," Hun Sen said in a nationally televised address, adding his son would be appointed to the post by the king on Aug. 10 and parliament would confirm the new premier with a vote on Aug. 22. Hun Sen, who has ruled the Southeast Asian country for 38 years, was speaking just days after his ruling Cambodian People's Party swept a general election after running virtually unopposed. Hun Sen said he would stay on as head of the ruling party and member of the National Assembly. Reporting by Reuters staff, Devjyot Ghoshal; Editing by Kanupriya Kapoor and Raju GopalakrishnanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Hun Sen, Hun Manet, Critics, Devjyot, Kanupriya Kapoor, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Cambodia's, Cambodian People's Party, National Assembly, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Phnom Penh, Sunday's
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