Koh Ker statue: Sotheby’s and US prosecutors trade barbs
Latest developments onthe Koh Ker statue case with US prosecutors accusing Sotheby's of being aware that the statue was looted. ...
Tag: looting
The act of looting or stealing during a disturbance is a form of cultural theft. Looted artifacts often become part of the antiquities trade in Southeast Asia. In some cases, artifacts whose provenance can be established are repatriated to their home countries.
Cambodia and Sotheby's clash over Koh Ker statues
Regular readers would be familiar with the ongoing case between Sotheby's and the Cambodia on the sale of statues from ...
Fishermen attack policemen guarding shipwreck
Fishermen, unhappy because they were prevented from recovering artefacts from a shipwreck in Quang Ngai province, express their displeasure by ...
Cambodia’s Looting Crisis
Sidney Jhingran, a reader and student from the University of Toronto, shares this article he first contributed for his campus ...
Cambodia seeks 2nd Koh Ker statue
Cambodia is seeking to repatriate a second statue that was looted from the site of Koh Ker, which is now ...
Linkdump Sep 2012
A roundup of news while I was away at the EurASEAA conference in Dublin: Limestone coffin site found in the ...
Police rush to prevent looting of 15th century shipwreck
Police are trying to stop the looting of a shipwreck found off the coast of Vietnam's Quang Ngai province. No ...
Another story on the Koh Ker statue repatriation
Radio Free Asia 20120608 Cambodia Sues for Statue's Return Radio Free Asia, 08 June 2012 Cambodia said Friday it is ...
Koh Ker Warrior: A summary of events thus far
We've been following the story of the Koh Ker warrior auction here, this is just a summary story by AFP ...
Koh Ker Warrior: Seized, and then released
The Koh Ker Warrior that was to be auctioned by Sotheby's was once again in the news last week when ...
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