Michelle Obama flew into Cambodia late Friday becoming the first wife of a sitting US president to visit the country, part of a two-nation trip to highlight the importance of girls' education. The First Lady travelled from Osaka to the city of Siem Reap without her husband or children on the second leg of a five-day mission to Japan and Cambodia.
She was met at the airport in the tourist hub by Bun Rany, the wife of Cambodian strongman Hun Sen, and was whisked away in a motorcade under heavy security.
Obama is using the trip to highlight what she described in a speech in Japan as a "crisis" in female education, with 62 million girls around the world denied the right to go to school.
The US government has launched the "Let Girls Learn" initiative, which Obama is promoting during the trip and which aims to help young women in developing countries. Japan is a major donor to the initiative while Cambodia is a recipient.
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