via Phnom Penh Post, 13 July 2022: Cambodia receives another 27 artefacts repatriated from the US, while the so-called Golden Boy is embroiled in an origin argument between netizens of Cambodia and Thailand.
Minister of Culture and Fine Arts Phoeurng Sackona met with US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink and US ambassador to Cambodia Patrick Murphy on July 13 to celebrate the repatriation of 27 artefacts to Cambodia that were previously looted and sold abroad. The items are currently being kept at the National Museum.
Meanwhile, a controversial social media debate is taking place over a Khmer Empire statue nicknamed the Golden Boy that is currently on display at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, after an archaeologist in Thailand published a report laying claim to it for his country and the culture ministry of Cambodia responded with its own claims to ownership.
Source: Cheers after artefacts return as new origin debate brews | Phnom Penh Post
