Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet this week ordered a ban on musical truck horns because of safety concerns, a decision that observers said appears similar to the unusual policies of his strongman father, who ruled Cambodia for nearly four decades, the Associated Press reported. Earlier this...
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American diplomats recently registered their “serious concerns” about Chinese investments in the Ream Naval Base in southern Cambodia, the South China Morning Post reported. They fear the base could become part of China’s strategic network in the Indo-Pacific, according to the Diplomat. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun...
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A Cambodian court on Monday convicted a group of land rights activists of attempting to incite a Khmer Rouge-style revolution by teaching farmers about class divisions, the Associated Press reported. Four members of the Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community were arrested in May last year after...
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will resign next month and hand power to his son, an announcement that came just days after his ruling Cambodia People’s Party (CPP) secured a landslide victory in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, the New York Times reported Wednesday. The 70-year-old leader announced...
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s chances of winning reelection on July 23 are very good. It’s not a stretch, in fact, to say he is essentially running unopposed. Hun Sen’s government banned the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) in 2017 after a supposed coup attempt,...
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Meta’s content moderation board called on the company to suspend Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook and Instagram accounts over a controversial election video, a decision that could impact how political speech is regulated online, the Guardian reported. On Thursday, the Oversight Board – created by...
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Cambodia is to pass a law that will ban those who fail to vote from running as candidates in future polls, a move that aims to marginalize the ruling party’s opponents little more than a month before the country’s general election, the Associated Press reported. Prime...
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In a final decision, Cambodia’s Constitutional Council recently rejected the claims of opposition politicians with the Candlelight Party who said they should be allowed to stand for election in July. They had been disqualified because of incorrectly submitted registration papers, officials said. The council’s decision means the...
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Cambodian election officials barred the country’s main opposition party from participating in upcoming elections in July, a move that critics said could guarantee a clear win for the ruling party of Prime Minister Hun Sen, Radio Free Asia reported. The National Election Committee rejected the Candlelight...
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Cambodia’s UN-backed tribunal for the Khmer Rouge upheld a conviction against the former regime’s last surviving leader Thursday, in what appears to be the final judgment of the court, the Guardian reported. The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) rejected an appeal by the...
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Cambodia and China are planning to revamp a strategic Cambodian naval base amid concerns from the United States and its allies that the facility will be used exclusively by the Chinese navy, Agence France-Presse reported Wednesday. Officials from China and Cambodia attended a ceremony Wednesday as...
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