MAY 28TH - Phnom Penh - The Bangkok Post has reported that a lobby group comprised of Cambodian business people, archeologists and lawyers Monday called on the Thai government to return artifacts they alleged had been removed from the border temple of Preah Vihear decades earlier. The newly-formed Khmer Civilization Foundation comprises heavy hitting lobbyists including prominent human rights lawyer Sok Sam Oeun, businessman Moeung Son and leading archeologist Vong Sotheara...
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JULY 5TH - The Phnom Penh Post reported this week that;
The illicit trade in Khmer antiquities has led to the creation of the Red List by an international arts organization as a tool to help customs officials, police officers, art dealers and collectors recognize artifacts unlawfully smuggled out of Cambodia.
To be published in September by the International Council of Museums (ICOM), the Red List describes the types of artifacts most favored in the illicit antiquities market...
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JULY 8TH - The World Heritage Committee (WTC) meeting in Quebec, Canada, late last night approved Cambodia's application to list the 11th century Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage site.
Thailand had been unable to convince the WHC to postpone the issue and wait for a joint nomination, or to defer it until the next meeting.
The WHC said the Preah Vihear issue had already been postponed once, at last year's gathering in Christchurch, New Zealand...
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JULY 22ND - A Cambodian official has called the confrontation at Preah Vihear temple "an imminent state of war," and Cambodia has asked the United Nations and its Southeast Asian neighbors to intervene as hundreds of soldiers from Thailand and Cambodia faced each.
A meeting on Monday between the Thai and Cambodian government failed to end the standoff and troops from both sides remained camped at Preah Vihear, located on the edge of a steep cliff that marks the border between the two countries...
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JULY 26TH - The Phnom Penh Post reported June 25th that the United States will provide nearly one million dollars for continued preservation and conservation work on the Phnom Bakheng at the Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem Reap.
The $978,705, provided through the US Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation to the World Monuments Fund, will allow work to be done on the 9th century Hindu temple's most visible, but heavily-damaged portion...
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