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In this Sept. 4, 2020, file photo, Dr. Amir Khalil, a veterinary from the international animal welfare organization &quot;Four Paws&quot; comforts an elephant named &quot;Kaavan&quot; during his examination at the Maragzar Zoo in Islamabad, Pakistan. Iconic singer and actress Cher was set to visit Pakistan on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020, to celebrate the departure of Kaavan, dubbed the “world’s loneliest elephant,” who will leave his Pakistani zoo for better conditions after years of lobbying by animal rights groups and activists. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

Cher in Pakistan for resettlement of ‘loneliest elephant’

By Kathy Gannon - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2012, file photo, activist Theary Seng poses with dart board posters during a protest in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Activist and lawyer Theary Seng, is one of dozens of people have been targeted by Cambodian government in its most severe legal offensive against its political opponents in three years. (AP Photo/Luke Hunt, File)

Cambodia readies treason trials against political dissidents

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, left, poses with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen for a photo prior to a meeting at Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Szijjarto tested positive for the coronavirus after arriving in Thailand for an official visit, Thai and Hungarian officials said Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (Pool Photo via AP)

Cambodia bans state-organized events in capital over virus

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

Cambodian students, holding the portrait of King Norodom Sihamoni, participate in the country's 67th Independence Day celebration, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodia’s new virus rules restrain holiday celebrations

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

Students wearing face-masks, wait for their morning school class at Santhormok high school, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. Schools throughout Cambodia reopened Monday for the first time since March but with class sizes and hours limited by coronavirus precautions. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodia shuts schools in capital area as virus precaution

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Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, left, poses with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen for a photo prior to a meeting at Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Szijjarto tested positive for the coronavirus after arriving in Thailand for an official visit, Thai and Hungarian officials said Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (Pool Photo via AP)

Cambodia’s prime minister in quarantine after Hungarian meet

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, left, poses with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen for a photo prior to a meeting at Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Szijjarto tested positive for the coronavirus after arriving in Thailand for an official visit, Thai and Hungarian officials said Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (Pool Photo via AP)

Hungary’s foreign minister tests positive for coronavirus

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

Students sit in their class room at Santhormok high school, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. Schools throughout Cambodia that had been shut in March because of the coronavirus crisis reopened Monday, but with limits on class sizes and hours.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodia reopens schools after coronavirus shutdown in March

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

Buddhist monks walk through a flooded pagoda following recent rains on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. A Cambodian disaster official said Wednesday that more than 10,000 people have been evacuated to safety places after a tropical storm hit the country, causing the flash flood. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

10,000 evacuated in Cambodia due to flooding; rice crop hit

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This Feb. 3, 2012, file photo shows FBI headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

FBI opening office in Cambodia amid tense ties between two nations

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, talks with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen as they sit to witness a signing ceremony for a free trade agreement at Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Chinese foreign minister begins SE Asian tour in Cambodia

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

Cambodian navy troop members stand on a navy boat at Ream Naval Base in Sihanoukville, southwestern of Phnom Penh, Cambodia on July 26, 2019. Cambodia's government on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, officially denied suggestions that its demolition of a U.S.-funded facility at one of its naval bases is a signal that China will be granted basing privileges there, saying the work only involves planned infrastructure improvements. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

US expresses concern over China link to Cambodian base

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

Cambodia denies new speculation about Chinese base plans

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 29, 2020, file photo, Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions, uses a megaphone during a protest near the prime minister's residence in Phnom Penh, The United Nations human rights office called Friday for Cambodia to release Rong Chhun and other detained human rights and environmental activists, saying at least two dozen have been arrested because of their work in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

UN calls for release of human rights activists in Cambodia

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In this March 30, 2009, file photo, former Khmer Rouge prison commander Kaing Guek Eav, also know as Duch looks on during the first full day of a U.N.-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Khmer Rouge’s chief jailer, who admitted overseeing the torture and killings of as many as 16,000 Cambodians while running the regime’s most notorious prison, died at a hospital in Cambodia early Wednesday morning, Sept. 2, 2020. Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, was 77 and had been serving a life prison term for war crimes and crimes against humanity. (Mak Remissa/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Khmer Rouge’s chief jailer, guilty of war crimes, dies at 77

By Sopheng Cheang and Jerry Harmer - Associated Press

EU slaps duties on Cambodia exports over rights concerns

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FILE - In this Mar. 30, 2017, file photo, a local vendor grills dog meat on the sidewalk on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Early this week on Monday, July 6, 2020 in Siem Reap, home of the famous Angkor Wat temple complex, the local government issued a ban on the buying, selling and butchering of dogs for food. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

Cambodian province famous for Angkor Wat bans dog meat trade

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

US to provide Cambodia with $56 million in development aid

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Cambodia to provide cash to poor hit by COVID-19 outbreak

By by SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

Cambodian man kept live land mines as yard decorations

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press