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FILE - In this photo released by the Cambodia Ministry of Health, Cambodia health experts spray disinfectant at a village in Prey Veng eastern province Cambodia, Feb. 24, 2023. Health officials in Cambodia say recent cases of bird flu discovered in two villagers, one of them fatal, show no sign of human-to-human transmission. The finding allays fears of a public health crisis. (Cambodia Ministry of Health via AP)

Cambodia says recent bird flu cases not spread by humans

By Sopheng Cheang - Associated Press

Flanked by Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gala dinner, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden woos Southeast Asia nations at summit as China bids for greater influence

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Cambodia Vitit Muntarbhorn arrives for a press conference in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. Muntarbhorn is on his last more than ten days mission to Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

UN expert offers plan for improving human rights in Cambodia

By Sopheng Cheang - Associated Press

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks at the Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022 (Ethan Swope/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Ex-con deported to Cambodia despite spending life in U.S.

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

A girl rides her bicycle to school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Myanmar violence, Ukraine war loom over ASEAN meetings

By David Rising - Associated Press

Son of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lt. Gen. Hun Manet delivers a speech while presiding over a military equipment delivery ceremony at the National Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, June 18, 2020. Cambodia’s long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, explicitly declared his support to have his eldest son, army commander Hun Manet, eventually succeed him as the nation's leader. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Prime minister grooms West Point-educated son to take over in Cambodia

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

Local police officers stand guard at a blocked street near Phnom Penh International airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, April 15, 2021. Cambodia’s leader said that the country’s capital Phnom Penh will be locked down for two weeks from Thursday following a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodia orders strict 2-week lockdown of Phnom Penh

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

A tourist views portraits of victims executed by the Khmer Rouge regime at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Feb. 5, 2018. Cambodians on Monday, April 12, 2021, continued to condemn an Irish photo restorer for altering photographs of victims of their country’s 1970s genocide to show them smiling, saying his decision and that of an international media group to publish them showed horrible judgement.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Altered photos of Cambodian torture victims stir controversy

By Bt SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, file photo, tourists line up for stepping up Angkor Wat temple outside Siem Reap, Cambodia. Cambodia is closing the Angkor temple complex to visitors because of a growing COVID-19 outbreak. The temples at Angkor, built between the 9th and 15th centuries, are Cambodia’s biggest tourist attraction, though the pandemic has reduced the number of visitors dramatically. The Apsara Authority that oversees the site says the ban on visitors will last until April 20. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

Cambodia’s Angkor site shut for 2 weeks to curb coronavirus

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

Cambodia turns hotel into COVID hospital as cases rise

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

A migrant worker works inside a greenhouse at a farm in Pocheon, South Korea on Feb. 8, 2021. Activists and workers say migrant workers in Pocheon work 10 to 15 hours a day, with only two Saturdays off per month. They earn around $1,300-1,600 per month, well below the legal minimum wage their contracts are supposed to ensure. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Migrant workers face dire conditions at South Korean farms

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Workers move boxes loaded with COVID-19's vaccine before a handing over ceremony at Phnom Penh International Airport, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. More than 300,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from Serum Institute of India on Tuesday arrived Phnom Penh, as part of global COVAX initiative. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen inoculated against COVID-19

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

First COVAX vaccines arrive in Cambodia from India

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

New South Wales Police officer Lachlan Pritchard receives the Pfizer vaccine at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Vaccination Hub in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Australia has started its COVID-19 vaccination program days after its neighbor New Zealand with both governments deciding their pandemic experiences did not require regulation short cuts. (Toby Zerna/Pool Photo via AP)

Vaccinations start without rush in Australia, parts of Asia

Associated Press

Cambodia's Lt. Gen. Hun Manet, a son of Prime Minister Hun Sen, thumbs up as he receives a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine at Calmette hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Cambodia began its inoculation campaign against the COVID-19 virus with vaccines donated from China, the country’s closest ally. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodia begins vaccination campaign against COVID-19

Associated Press

Workers pull boxes loaded with COVID-19 vaccines before a handing over ceremony at Phnom Penh International Airport, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. Cambodia on Sunday received its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine, a donation of 600,000 doses from China, the country's biggest ally. Beijing has been making such donations to several Southeast Asian and African nations in what has been dubbed &quot;vaccine diplomacy,&quot; aimed especially at poorer countries like Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodia gets first COVID-19 vaccine from key ally China

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

Prum Chenda, center, wife of a jailed former opposition activist, is stopped by security personnel as she tries to reach the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. The trial of more than 60 critics and opponents of the Cambodian government charged with treason and other offenses for taking part in nonviolent political activities resumed Thursday, with rights advocates skeptical that justice is being served. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Activist slams ‘sham trial’ of Cambodia opposition members

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2020, file photo, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen gestures during a speech on the current state of a new virus from China in Phnom Penh. Hun Sen said Tuesday, Dec. 30, that the country’s long-awaited first commercial extraction of oil has finally begun.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

Cambodia begins commercial extraction from oil well offshore

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

The container holding Kaavan the elephant is blessed by monks during its arrival from Pakistan at the Siem Reap International Airport, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. Kaavan, dubbed the &quot;world's loneliest elephant&quot; after languishing alone for years in a Pakistani zoo, has arrived in Cambodia where a sanctuary with the much-needed company of other elephants awaits him. (Pool Photo via AP)

‘World’s loneliest elephant’ arrives safely in Cambodia

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

Dr. Amir Khalil, a veterinarian from the international animal welfare organization Four Paws, feeds an elephant named Kaavan who is loaded in a crate for transporting him to a sanctuary in Cambodia, at the Marghazar Zoo in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. Kavaan, the world's loneliest elephant, who became a cause celebre in part because America's iconic singer and actress Cher joined the battle to save him from his desperate conditions at the zoo. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

‘World’s loneliest elephant’ Kaavan starts trip to Cambodia

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press