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The ‘free’ 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games officially kicked off with a grand opening ceremony in Phnom Penh on the evening of May 5, and will run till May 17. Cambodia has been waiting for 64 years to host this spectacular regional sporting extravaganza.
Prime Minister Hun Sen has been bestowed with the honorary title ‘Patron of the World Fellowship of Buddhists’ by the Thailand-based World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB), while his son Hun Manet has been honoured with the title of senior adviser to the international organisation.
The upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and ASEAN Para Games, to be hosted by Cambodia from May to June in a historic first, are expected to appreciably drive up demand for certain products and services as well as boost overall spending over their duration
Ouk Dara Chan, a 62-year-old Cambodian artist whose life has been displaced for a second time by war, recently opened exhibitions of his collected works in two French cities.
Cambodian Buddhists consider pagodas to be places of worship where they can offer food and donations to the monks who reside there.