SEAArch Newsletter: Reopening of the Preah Vihear border, looting of the HMS Prince of Wales and the Repulse, and new Unesco Geoparks

News posted on the website between 22-28 May 2023

The Royal Navy battleship HMS Prince of Wales coming in to moor at Singapore. by Lt. H J Abrahams. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

This week is a real grab bag of different stories from around the region. In Malaysia, the shipwrecks of the HMS Prince of Wales and the Repulse - both sunk in during World War II - are reportedly being looted by salvors. I rememb…