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From left: Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, U.S. President Donald Trump, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong pose for a family photo during the ASEAN-US 40th Anniversary commemorative Summit in Manila, Philippines on Monday, November 13, 2017. (Manan Vatsyayana/Pool photo via AP) **FILE**

Some in Southeast Asia see a definite upside to Trump’s return to power

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

FILE - Cambodian freelance journalist Mech Dara, who was released on bail waves from a car in front of the main provincial prison of Kendal Province, southern Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Oct. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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

By Sopheng Cheang and Grant Peck - Associated Press

This handout photo provided by Apsaras National Authority shows a centuries-old sandstone statue being measured at Angkor Thom in Cambodia, Oct. 24, 2024. (Phouk Chea/Apsaras National Authority via AP)

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

By Sopheng Cheang - Associated Press

Em Phat, 53, eel farm owner, holds an eel in an eel rearing pool at Tonle Sap complex, north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian fishermen turn to raising eels as Tonle Sap lake runs out of fish

By Aniruddha Ghosal and Anton L. Delgado - Associated Press

FILE - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, centre left, stands next to his father and former prime minister Hun Sen, center right, during the country's 70th Independence Day, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith), File)

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

By Eileen Ng and Sopheng Cheang - Associated Press

Cambodian freelance journalist Mech Dara in Siem Reap, Cambodia on Feb. 21, 2021. Mech Dara was arrested on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 while driving with his family to the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. (AP Photo/Jack Brook)

Cambodian reporter who exposed scams charged over online posts

By Sopheng Cheang and Grant Peck - Associated Press

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet poses for photo, along with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, not in photo, in Hanoi, Vietnam on Monday, Dec.11, 2023. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh, File)

Cambodia pulls out of a regional development pact after protests

Associated Press

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Cambodian tycoons, Ly Yong Phat, left, attends the welcome the return of cultural treasures of artifact statues ceremony in Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Aug. 22. 2024. (AKP via AP)

Cambodia decries U.S. sanctions against one of its top tycoons implicated in forced labor

By Sopheng Cheang and Grant Peck - Associated Press

This satellite photo taken by Planet Labs PBC shows two Chinese corvettes docked at the Ream Naval Base, Cambodia, on the Gulf of Thailand, May 8, 2024. (Planet Labs PBC via AP File)

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

By Sopheng Cheang and David Rising - Associated Press

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), artifact statues are displayed during a ceremony for the return of artifacts at Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AKP via AP)

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

By Sopheng Cheang - Associated Press

A dog sniffs Covid19 scents during a demonstration while Ukrainian deminers tour the Peace Museum Mine Action in Siem Reap province, northwestern Cambodia, Jan. 20, 2023. Japan’s foreign minister, on a visit to Cambodia, has announced a joint project with her hosts to share knowledge and technology on land mine removal with countries around the world, including Ukraine. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Japan and Cambodia partner to share demining knowledge with Ukraine, other countries

Associated Press

Cambodian museum staff members prepare an artifact statue as it returned from U.S to Cambodia, before an official ceremony at the Cambodian National Museum in Phnom Penh Cambodia, Thursday, July 4, 2024. Cambodia on Thursday officially organized a welcome ceremony for the arrival of more than a dozen rare Angkor era sculptures from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art that were tied to an art dealer and collector accused of running a huge antiquities trafficking network out of Southeast Asia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodia welcomes 14 sculptures looted over decades of turmoil

Associated Press

An environmental activist, center, is escorted by polices personnel near Phnom Penh Municipality Court, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. Ten members of a nonviolent environmental activist group in Cambodia were convicted on Tuesday on charges of conspiracy to commit a crime, receiving prison sentences of six years each. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Ten Cambodian environmental activists receive prison sentences of 6-8 years each

By Sopheng Cheang - Associated Press

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, meets with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Austin traveled to Cambodia on Tuesday to push for stronger military ties with China’s closest ally in Southeast Asia. (AKP via AP)

Charm offensive: U.S.-China rivalry plays out in Cambodian capital

By Richard S. Ehrlich

This satellite photo taken by Planet Labs PBC shows two Chinese corvettes docked at the Ream Naval Base on the Gulf of Thailand on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Cambodia's Defense Ministry insisted Wednesday that the monthslong presence of two Chinese warships at a strategically important naval base that has been newly expanded with funding from Beijing does not constitute a permanent deployment of the Chinese military in the country. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

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

By Sopheng Cheang and David Rising - Associated Press