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FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 1, 2020, file photo, Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab arrives to attend a cabinet meeting of senior government ministers at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office FCO in London. Raab is heading to Southeast Asia Monday, June 21, 2021, on start a three-nation trip as London looks to promote closer ties and trade with the region following its exit from the European Union. (Toby Melville/Pool via AP, File)
British FM heads to Southeast Asia looking for closer ties

By David Rising Jun. 21, 2021 06:20 AM EDT

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, officials from China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries attend the 19th Senior Officials' Meeting on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) in Chongqing, southwestern China, June 7, 2021. China is hosting foreign ministers from 10 Southeast Asian nations this week in the southwestern megacity of Chongqing amid heightened competition between Beijing and Washington for influence in the region. (Wang Quanchao/Xinhua via AP)
China hosts Southeast Asian ministers as it competes with US

Jun. 06, 2021 11:58 PM EDT

A visitor wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks near a field of tulips at a park in Goyang, South Korea, Friday, April 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Asia Today: Thailand's new cases exceed 2,000, set record

Apr. 23, 2021 05:36 AM EDT

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks in front of the 94-foot-long, 21,000-pound model of a blue whale, wearing a bandage, at the COVID-19 vaccination site, in the Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life, at the American Museum of Natural History, in New York, Friday, April 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
The Latest: Health panel urges restarting J&J vaccinations

By The Associated Press Apr. 23, 2021 12:51 AM EDT

A vendor, center, carries dead chickens for a nearby market as 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 Apr. 15, 2021 12:33 AM EDT

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

A health worker receives a dose of the Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine at a clinic in Basra, Iraq, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
The Latest: Gov. hopes to up number of Texans getting shots

By The Associated Press Mar. 25, 2021 02:39 AM EDT

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

A vial of the Pfizer vaccine is scanned before administered 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 via AP)
Vaccinations start without rush in Australia, parts of Asia

Feb. 22, 2021 03:31 AM EST

Cambodia's Lt. Gen. Hun Manet, right, a son of Prime Minister Hun Sen, 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

Feb. 10, 2021 12:11 AM 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 family member of an inmate cries demanding the authorities reveal the condition of her relative as others console her outside the Mahara prison complex following an overnight unrest in Mahara, outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. Sri Lankan officials say six inmates were killed and 35 others were injured when guards opened fire to control a riot at a prison on the outskirts of the capital. Two guards were critically injured. Pandemic-related unrest has been growing in Sri Lanka's overcrowded prisons. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Asia Today: 8 dead in pandemic unrest at Sri Lanka prison

Nov. 30, 2020 02:27 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

Vietnamese Defense Minister Ngo Xuan Lich arrives at the venue for the online ASEAN Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
ASEAN summit begins online meetings with regional leaders

By Hau Dinh Nov. 12, 2020 01:26 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

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)
Hungarian diplomat in Bangkok tests positive for coronavirus

By Chalida Ekvitthayavechnukul Nov. 10, 2020 02:16 AM EST

A Sri Lankan woman prepares to give swab samples to test for COVID-19 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. Sri Lanka is in the midst of a new wave originating from a garment factory and the country’s main wholesale fish market, where the number of infected and deaths are increasing. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Asia Today: Sri Lanka to strictly enforce virus regulations

Nov. 09, 2020 05:27 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