PHNOM PENH — Cambodia, the incoming chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for 2022, will promote the bloc’s spirit as a united family in order to maintain peace and prosperity in the region and beyond, the country’s Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said.

Sokhonn, who is also a deputy prime minister, made the remarks during a meeting in Phnom Penh with visiting Counselor of the U.S. Department

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WASHINGTON – In Oslo, Norway, on Friday, dignitaries from around the world gathered to celebrate the awarding of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Filipina journalist Maria Ressa and Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov. But as speeches were delivered and medals presented, voices outside Oslo City Hall were asking whether the most prestigious prize in the world, as many believe it to be, has lost its shine.

In recent

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BEIJING, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) — Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, attended the opening ceremony of the China-Laos Railway with Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary

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