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Cambodia ready to pay cost of returning artefacts from Thailand
Online Reporters, Published on 07/07/2025
» Cambodia is willing to cover the cost of returning 20 antiquities from Thailand, Cambodian Culture and Fine Arts Minister Phoeurng Sackona has said.
Ministry welcomes return of two valued artifacts by New York's Met
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/05/2024
» The Ministry of Culture has officially welcomed the return of two highly valued ancient artifacts by an esteemed New York museum as a significant milestone in collaboration between Thailand and the United States.
Met to return 2 looted bronze statues
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 27/04/2024
» The Ministry of Culture has sent a representative to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to inspect two artefacts before they are returned to Thailand, according to Culture Minister Sermsak Pongpanit.
Rail work suspended after ancient relics found
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/04/2024
» The Fine Arts Department has ordered the suspension of construction of the Den Chai-Chiang Khong railway in tambon Toong Kwao of Phrae's Muang district after the discovery of ancient artefacts aged between 400 and 500 years in the construction site.
US museum returning looted Southeast Asian artefacts
The New York Times, Published on 16/12/2023
» The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has agreed to return 16 major Khmer era artworks to Cambodia and Thailand. The works are associated with Douglas Latchford, a prolific dealer who was indicted as an illegal trafficker of ancient artefacts shortly before his death in Bangkok in 2020.
Traders arrested with hundreds of illegal artefacts
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/09/2023
» Three men were arrested for illegally digging up and selling antiquities online, and almost 1,000 artefacts were seized, during police raids in four northern provinces.
Buddha statues returned from Australia
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/01/2023
» The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has handed nine wooden Buddha statues donated by an Australian national over to the Fine Arts Department, according to a post published on Thurday on the ministry's website. The small wood carvings each measure 10 to 15 centimetres in height.
Panel eyes three artefacts for return
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/04/2021
» The national committee on repatriation of stolen artefacts will pursue another three historical artefacts displayed in museums in the US and UK, says Itthiphol Kunplome, the culture minister.