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Public Lecture: Pots and How They are Made in Southeast Asia

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Readers in Singapore may be interested in this talk about ceramics production in Mainland SEA [...]

Cambodia's tourism fuelling education boom

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An interesting story on how the development of Siem Reap for tourists is also having [...]

Two travel stories on Angkor

Over the weekend newspapers from Malaysia and the Philippines featured travel stories on Angkor.

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iTunes U and Southeast Asian Archaeology

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Last week, Apple announced a revamped iBooks and iTunes U service aimed at bringing textbooks and course materials to the iPad. There’s a fair buzz in the education circles, but how much content is there relating to the archaeology of Southeast Asia?

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Indonesian observers to be sent to disputed border

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Indonesia confirms that a team of observers will be sent to the disputed border between [...]

Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre Field School Opening Event 25 January 2012

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The Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre’s Field School is underway in Cambodia right now, and next week the [...]

Angkor Wat and Borobudur to be sister sites

The tourism departments of Indonesia and Cambodia are in discussions to make Angkor Wat and Borobodur sister sites, and promote bilateral tourism by opening air routes between the two cities.

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Angkor Wat, Borobudur temple to become sister sites, says official Jakarta Post, 16 January 2012

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Angkor sees 23% increase in visitors in 2011

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The Siem Reap Tourist Department reports a 23% increase in foreign visitors to Angkor, with [...]

Public Lecture: The Site of Koh Ker and the reign of Jayavarman IV

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There will be a public lecture on the Angkoran site of Koh Ker by Dr [...]

Ancient silver plate returned to Cambodia

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A Hungarian collector has returned to Cambodia an Angkoran-period silver plate, which is thought to [...]