Angkor Wat

National Aug 31, 2017

Japanese scholar receives prestigious 2017 Magsaysay Award for his work in Cambodia

Japan's Yoshiaki Ishizawa on Thursday received the Ramon Magsaysay Award, one of Asia's highest honors, with a vow to carry on his advocacy for cultural heritage preservation and promotion. Ishizawa, 79, a former president of Sophia University who spent decades helping to restore Cambodia's Angkor ...

Asia Pacific Jan 18, 2016

Mysterious North Korean museum opens in Cambodia

North Korea's much-delayed museum in Cambodia, one of the reclusive state's allies in Asia, is now open to the public, but questions as to its true purpose remain. The Angkor Panorama Museum, built and paid for by North Korea's state-owned Mansudae Overseas Project in cooperation ...