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Crocodile meat has long been consumed by Cambodians and travellers alike, who particularly enjoy the reptilian protein in the restaurants of tourism hub Siem Reap.

Special corporate ties bind Tang Meng Rath Investments and ACLEDA Bank. Cambodia’s oldest steel pipe and zinc distributor Tang Meng Rath boasts a sustainable business model for growth, while ACLEDA has a mission of providing capital to nurture local companies.

The Australia Cambodia Education Academy (AusCam Academy) on Monday hosted the Australia Day Scholarship Award celebration, and welcomed visitors – bringing together parents and students to learn more about Australian culture, the campus and international opportunities provided by the academy.

In a trendy Tokyo neighbourhood, customers browse the wares at Majerca, a shop stocked with handmade items from scarves to glassware, all produced by people with disabilities.

At full gallop, the horse emerges from the darkness and races through a string of bonfires in an ancient ritual to ward off sickness performed every January in a tiny Spanish village. Known as Luminarias, the festival takes place every January 16 in San Bartolome de Pinares, a village perched high in the hills about 100km west of Madrid.

Prime Minister Hun Sen urged ASEAN to reopen tourism and trade now that many of the bloc’s member countries have vaccinated their populations. Speaking at the 40th ASEAN Tourism Forum 2022 (ATF 2022) in Preah Sihanouk province on January 18, the premier also said ASEAN has a lot of work to do this year and will not be held hostage to the prolonged Myanmar crisis.

In a Gaza TV studio of the ruling Islamist armed movement Hamas, a set features Israeli flags, Hebrew documents and a portrait of Theodor Herzl, the father of modern Zionism.

The largest collection of watercolours by Queen Elizabeth II’s eldest son and heir, Prince Charles, have gone on display in Britain.

The new CEO of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat, Anoulak Kittikhoun, pledged to improve the inter-governmental organisation as he took office on January 17. “I’m deeply honoured and humbled to be appointed to this esteemed position,” said Anoulak, as quoted in a press statement from the commission.

The Ministry of Environment has warned it will take legal action against those who illegally occupy land in the Boeung Prek Lapouv Protected Landscape Area in Takeo province, where the ministry and partner NGOs are implementing a project to improve biodiversity protection and promote the livelihoods of the local community.