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The following lists events that happened during 2008 in Cambodia .

2008 (MMVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2008th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 8th year of the 3rd millennium, the 8th year of the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2000s decade.

Cambodia Southeast Asian sovereign state

Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is 181,035 square kilometres in area, bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest.

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Tokyo Capital of and largest city in Japan

Tokyo, officially Tokyo Metropolis, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. It has served as the Japanese capital since 1869. As of 2018, the Greater Tokyo Area ranked as the most populous metropolitan area in the world. The urban area houses the seat of the Emperor of Japan, of the Japanese government and of the National Diet. Tokyo forms part of the Kantō region on the southeastern side of Japan's main island, Honshu, and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Tokyo was formerly named Edo when Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city his headquarters in 1603. It became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from Kyoto in 1868; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo. The Tokyo Metropolis formed in 1943 from the merger of the former Tokyo Prefecture and the city of Tokyo. Tokyo is often referred to as a city but is officially known and governed as a "metropolitan prefecture", which differs from and combines elements of a city and a prefecture, a characteristic unique to Tokyo.

Japan Island country in East Asia

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Laos Socialist state in southeast Asia

Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, commonly referred to by its colloquial name of Muang Lao, is a socialist state and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. Located at the heart of the Indochinese peninsula, Laos is bordered by Myanmar (Burma) and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest.

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Phnom Penh Autonomous municipality in Cambodia

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Norodom Sihanouk 20th-century King of Cambodia

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Steung Treng Province Province in Cambodia

Steung Treng, officially Stung Treng, is a province (khaet) of Cambodia in the northeast. It borders the provinces of Ratanakiri to the east, Mondulkiri and Kratie to the south and Kampong Thom and Preah Vihear to the west. Its northern boundary is Cambodia's international border with Laos. The Mekong River bisects the province.

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Provinces of Cambodia

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Dângrêk Mountains mountain range

The Dângrêk Range, meaning 'carrying-pole mountains' in Khmer, is a mountain range forming a natural border between Cambodia and Thailand.

Preah Vihear Temple Khmer Temple that has territorial conflict between Cambodia and Thailand

Preah Vihear Temple is an ancient Hindu temple built during the period of the Khmer Empire, that is situated atop a 525-metre (1,722 ft) cliff in the Dângrêk Mountains, in the Preah Vihear province, Cambodia. In 1962, following a lengthy dispute between Cambodia and Thailand over ownership, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague ruled that the temple is in Cambodia. Affording a view for many kilometers across a plain, Prasat Preah Vihear has the most spectacular setting of all the temples built during the six-century-long Khmer Empire. As a key edifice of the empire's spiritual life, it was supported and modified by successive kings and so bears elements of several architectural styles. Preah Vihear is unusual among Khmer temples in being constructed along a long north-south axis, rather than having the conventional rectangular plan with orientation toward the east. The temple gives its name to Cambodia's Preah Vihear province, in which it is now located, as well as the Khao Phra Wihan National Park which borders it in Thailand's Sisaket province and through which the temple is most easily accessible. On July 7, 2008, Preah Vihear was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Royal Palace of Cambodia complex of buildings in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

The Royal Palace, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, is a complex of buildings which serves as the royal residence of the king of Cambodia. Its full name in the Khmer language is Preah Barum Reachea Veang Chaktomuk Serei Mongkol. The Kings of Cambodia have occupied it since it was built in the 1860s, with a period of absence when the country came into turmoil during and after the reign of the Khmer Rouge.

Siem Reap City in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia

Siem Reap is the capital city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia. It is a popular resort town and a gateway to the Angkor region.

Khao Phra Wihan National Park national park of Thailand

Khao Phra Wihan National Park is a protected natural area in Sisaket Province, Thailand, that contains numerous ruins of the 11th century Khmer Empire. The park lies 98 km (61 mi) south of the town of Sisaket, at the end of Thai highway 221. Sited on a red stone cliff that is part of the Dangrek mountain range on the southern edge of the Khorat Plateau, it abuts the international border between Thailand's Sisaket Province and Cambodia's Preah Vihear Province. The name of the cliff in the Royal Thai General System of Transcription is Pha Mo I Daeng (ผามออีแดง).

Cambodia–United States relations Diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the United States of America

Bilateral relations between the United States and the Kingdom of Cambodia, while strained throughout the Cold War, have strengthened considerably in modern times. The U.S. supports efforts in Cambodia to combat terrorism, build democratic institutions, promote human rights, foster economic development, eliminate corruption, achieve the fullest possible accounting for Americans missing from the Vietnam War/American War-era, and to bring to justice those most responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed under the Khmer Rouge regime.

Cambodian–Thai border dispute

The Cambodian–Thai border dispute began in June 2008 as the latest round of a century-long dispute between Cambodia and Thailand involving the area surrounding the 11th century Preah Vihear Temple, in the Dângrêk Mountains between the Choam Khsant district in the Preah Vihear Province of northern Cambodia and the Kantharalak district (amphoe) in Sisaket Province of northeastern Thailand.

Wat Buddhist temple in Thailand, Cambodia or Laos

A wat (Khmer: វត្ត wōat; Lao: ວັດ vat; Tai Lu: 「ᩅᨯ᩠ᨰ」（waD+Dha） or 「ᩅᨯ᩠ᨵ」（waD+dha）; Tai Yuan: 「ᩅ᩠ᨯ᩶」（w+Da2）; Thai: วัด, RTGS: wat, pronounced [wát]) is a type of Buddhist temple and Hindu temple in Cambodia, Laos, East Shan State, Yunnan and Thailand. The word wat is borrowed from Sanskrit vāṭa (Devanāgarī: वाट), meaning 'enclosure'.

Pisith Pilika Cambodian ballet dancer

Pisith Pilika, was a Cambodian ballet dancer and actress. Born Oak Eap Pili, Pilika appeared in hundreds of movies and thousands of karaoke videos from the 1980s through the 1990s. Her career was brought to a premature end when she was murdered in broad daylight at Phnom Penh's O'Russey Market. Though the crime amounted to one of the most high-profile killings in Cambodia’s recent history, no suspects have ever been identified or arrested.

Cambodia–Thailand relations Diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Kingdom of Thailand

Bilateral relations between Cambodia and Thailand date to the 13th century during the Angkor Era. The Thai Ayutthaya Kingdom gradually displaced the declining Khmer Empire from the 14th century, importing much of its customs and culture. French protectorateship separated Cambodia from modern Thailand at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries, and diplomatic relations between the modern states were established on 19 December 1950.

The Cambodian humanitarian crisis from 1969 to 1993 consisted of a series of related events which resulted in the death, displacement, or resettlement abroad of millions of Cambodians.

The following lists events that happened during 2007 in Cambodia.

The following lists events that happened during 2009 in Cambodia.

The following lists events that happened during 2011 in Cambodia.

Anti-Khmer sentiment, Khmerophobia or sometimes refers as anti-Cambodian sentiment, is a sentiment against Cambodia, the Khmers, overseas Khmer, or Khmer culture. As the Khmers are dominant in Cambodia, it can be coined to anti-Cambodian sentiment and hatreds against Cambodians.

References

  1. ↑ "Japanese aid snub to Burma". 17 January 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Chinese FM to visit Brunei, Cambodia, Australia". 25 January 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Thai plane's tyre bursts in Cambodia: official". 25 January 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Military bungles over Preah Vihear". 26 January 2008. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "FBI director to visit Cambodia for further legal cooperation". 30 January 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Top Khmer Rouge figure in court". 4 February 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Cambodia achieves over $2 bln of investment in 2007". 5 February 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Cambodians, Thais agree to join patrols". 17 October 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Cambodia to release captured Thai troops". 19 October 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
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