Sopheng Cheang

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A Cambodian man prays at the three pieces of the 10th century Cambodian sandstone statues displayed after returning from the United States during a handover ceremony at the Council of Ministers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Cambodia has welcomed back three statues that had been in Western art collections after having been looted from a 1,000-year-old temple during war. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodia welcomes return of 1,000-year-old statues

Sopheng Cheang · June 3, 2014 1:55 pm

One of the 23 anti-government protesters who had been in prison since being arrested in January, flashes a victory sign on his arrival at Phnom Penh Municipality Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, May 30, 2014. The court has convicted almost two dozen factory workers and rights activists for instigating violence during protests that rocked the government earlier this year. But in a surprise move, the court on Friday gave the 23 defendants suspended sentences of one to 4 and half years in prison, and granted them freedom. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodia convicts labor activists, then frees them

Sopheng Cheang · May 30, 2014 6:08 am

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo, Somaly Mam arrives to the Somaly Mam Foundation's second annual benefit in New York. The Cambodian woman who has been honored internationally for her work against sexual slavery has resigned from the New York-based foundation she helped found after reports alleged that she had distorted aspects of her personal history. A statement issued Wednesday, May 28, 2014, by the foundation's executive-director, Gina Reiss-Wilchins, said Mam's resignation was accepted after the group was presented with the findings of a two-month investigation. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, File)

Cambodian sex slavery activist quits US foundation

Sopheng Cheang · May 29, 2014 4:42 pm

Cambodian opposition almost ready to end boycott

Sopheng Cheang · April 10, 2014 10:20 am

Cambodia PM: Agreement with opposition may be near

Sopheng Cheang · April 7, 2014 10:33 am

Four U.S. servicemen carry a coffin draped with the U.S. flag containing possible remains of a U.S. serviceman to a C-17 cargo plane during a repatriation ceremony at Phnom Penh International Airport, Cambodia, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. The possible remains of U.S. soldiers found in eastern Kampong Cham province were repatriated to Hawaii for testing. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodia repatriates 3 possible US MIA remains

Sopheng Cheang · April 2, 2014 1:26 pm

Cambodian passengers disembark from a bus as Phnom Penh begins its trial for public bus service, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. People in Phnom Penh boarded city buses Wednesday for the first time in over a decade, as authorities introduced a public transportation system aimed at relieving traffic jams in the Cambodian capital. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian capital gets 1st public buses in decade

Sopheng Cheang · February 5, 2014 9:20 am

Cambodia passes bill criminalizing genocide denial

Sopheng Cheang · June 7, 2013 10:03 am

Cambodian rescuers work at the site of a factory collapse in Kai Ruong village, south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, May 16, 2013. The ceiling of the factory that makes Asics sneakers collapsed on workers early Thursday, killing two people and injuring seven, in the latest accident to spotlight lax safety conditions in the global garment industry. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian shoe factory collapse kills 2, injures 7

Sopheng Cheang · May 16, 2013 5:26 am

Cambodia arrests 8 over ‘SOS’ messages for Obama

Sopheng Cheang · November 15, 2012 8:35 am

Cambodian opposition chief heads new party

Sopheng Cheang · October 2, 2012 1:15 pm

Cambodia set to expel Pirate Bay founder to Sweden

Sopheng Cheang · September 4, 2012 12:40 pm