Topic - Phnom Penh

) is the capital and largest city of Cambodia. Located on the banks of the Tonlé Sap and Mekong River, Phnom Penh has been the national capital since French colonization of Cambodia, and has grown to become the nation's center of economic and industrial activities, as well as the center of security, politics, cultural heritage, and diplomacy of Cambodia. - Source: Wikipedia

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In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), artifact statues are displayed during a ceremony for the return of artifacts at Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AKP via AP)

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A dog sniffs Covid19 scents during a demonstration while Ukrainian deminers tour the Peace Museum Mine Action in Siem Reap province, northwestern Cambodia, Jan. 20, 2023. Japan’s foreign minister, on a visit to Cambodia, has announced a joint project with her hosts to share knowledge and technology on land mine removal with countries around the world, including Ukraine. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, meets with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Austin traveled to Cambodia on Tuesday to push for stronger military ties with China’s closest ally in Southeast Asia. (AKP via AP)

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FILE -In this Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, photo, tourists line up for stepping up Angkor Wat temple outside Siem Reap, Cambodia. Commercial operations have begum at Cambodia’s newest and biggest airport, designed to serve as an upgraded gateway to the country’s major tourist attraction, the centuries-old Angkor Wat temple complex in the northwestern province of Siem Reap. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) drops a ballot into a box for voting at a polling station at Takhmua in Kandal province, southeast Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, July 23, 2023. Cambodians go to the polls Sunday with incumbent Prime Minister Hun Sen and his party all but assured a landslide victory thanks to the effective suppression and intimidation of any real opposition that critics say has made a farce of democracy in the Southeast Asian nation. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Cambodia Vitit Muntarbhorn arrives for a press conference in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. Muntarbhorn is on his last more than ten days mission to Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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In this Feb. 5, 2018, photo, leading textile conservationist Julia Brennan holds a scarf from a victim of the former Khmer Rouge as she inspects artifacts at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. As a leader in her field, Brennan has worked to preserve many glamorous and historic articles of clothing. Her profession, however, has also brought her into contact with humanity’s darkest moments, including the genocide in Rwanda and now Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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In this Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017, editorial staff of The Cambodia Daily work in their office, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The papers owners said they were forced to close because of extra-legal threats by the government, a reference to a $6 million tax bill they say authorities contrived with no audit and a single purpose — to shut them down. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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