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FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2017, file photo, tourists visit Banteay Srey temple outside Siem Reap, Cambodia. Cambodia is closing the Angkor temple complex to visitors because of a growing COVID-19 outbreak. On Thursday, April 8, 2021, the Health Ministry said 113 cases were reported from local transmission, with two deaths. The ministry traced the outbreak to a foreign resident who broke hotel quarantine to visit a nightclub. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
Cambodia's Angkor site shut for 2 weeks to curb coronavirus

By Sopheng Cheang Apr. 08, 2021 04:50 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 18, 2021, file photo, pre-kindergarten students work on their school work at West Orange Elementary School in Orange, Calif. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed its social distancing guidelines for schools Friday, March 19, saying students can now sit 3 feet apart in classrooms. The new guidelines also remove recommendations for plastic shields or other barriers between desks. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
The Latest: LA mayor criticizes state over vaccination rules

By The Associated Press Mar. 19, 2021 03:30 AM EDT

A Buddhist monk wearing a face mask receives alms from devotees in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodia reports first COVID-19 death, 1 year into pandemic

By Sopheng Cheang Mar. 11, 2021 07:23 AM EST

Cambodia turns hotel into COVID hospital as cases rise

By Sopheng Cheang Mar. 08, 2021 08:08 AM EST
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A defunct luxury hotel in Cambodia's capital finished conversion into a 500-room coronavirus hospital on Monday, as authorities...

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 Mar. 03, 2021 11:31 PM EST

Chinese ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian, left, presents a box loaded with COVID-19 vaccines to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen during a handover 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 "vaccine diplomacy," aimed especially at poorer countries like Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodia gets first COVID-19 vaccine from key ally China

By Sopheng Cheang Feb. 07, 2021 07:29 AM EST

Theary Seng, a Cambodian-American lawyer, stands near the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Theary Seng said Thursday she was being persecuted for her political opinion as she and dozens of other government critics charged with treason and other offenses returned to court in a trial criticized by rights advocates. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Activist slams 'sham trial' of Cambodia opposition members

By Sopheng Cheang Jan. 14, 2021 06:47 AM EST

A woman wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks along a shopping street in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. South Korea is shutting down indoor gyms offering intense workout classes and banning year-end parties at hotels in the greater Seoul area to fight the virus. Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said Sunday.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Asia Today: Cambodia tracks contacts after family infected

Nov. 29, 2020 02:06 AM EST

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, left, greets Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen 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 Nov. 11, 2020 03:06 AM EST

Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni, center, reviews the honorary troop during 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 Nov. 09, 2020 02:50 AM EST

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

Nov. 08, 2020 09:10 AM EST

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)
Asia Today: Cambodia reopens schools after virus shutdown

Nov. 02, 2020 09:25 AM EST

A school boy, left, has his temperature checked before he enters the 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 Nov. 02, 2020 02:07 AM EST

Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unionsstands during a protest near the prime minister's residence in Phnom Penh, Cambodia July 29, 2020. Rong Chhun was arrested Friday, July 31 on a charge of inciting social unrest because of his comments about a politically sensitive matter concerning the country's borders. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodian labor leader arrested for political comments

By Sopheng Cheang Aug. 01, 2020 03:03 AM EDT

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 Jul. 08, 2020 07:49 AM EDT

Cambodian leader denies China's navy granted basing rights

By Sopheng Cheang Jun. 01, 2020 10:32 AM EDT
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s leader declared Monday that China has not been given exclusive rights to use a naval base on the country’s southern...