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US collectors to return looted artefacts to Cambodia
AFP and New York Times, Published on 13/09/2023
» PHNOM PENH - A billionaire family in the United States will return more than 30 looted ancient artefacts to Cambodia after agreeing it “wrongfully possessed” the treasures, the Cambodian government said on Wednesday.
Cambodia says lost artifacts found in Gallery 249 at the Met
New York Times, Published on 19/08/2022
» In the 1970s, long after its encyclopaedic collection had been acknowledged as among the world’s finest, the Metropolitan Museum of Art recognised it had slender holdings in South or Southeast Asian art. One in-house estimate suggested that no more than 60 objects were worth exhibiting.
Cambodia creates tourism development committee
Khmer Times, Published on 01/12/2019
» The National Tourism Development Committee has been created to boost the development of one of Cambodia’s most important economic drivers.