Angkor Wat
Americannoun
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“People used to know Cambodia for Angkor Wat and saw us as a great nation,” said Chhay Sinarith, a senior minister in Cambodia’s government in charge of combating cybercrimes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
Outside Angkor Wat, tuk-tuk driver Nov Mao said his income had halved since the clashes began.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
He took the first known photographs of the temple of Angkor Wat, in the country known today as Cambodia.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024
She said several families relocated told Amnesty that they had been living around the Angkor Wat site for generations, and had not wanted to leave their homes.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
It was during our trip to Angkor Wat that I first thought Pa was a god.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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