• OPINION

  It's a shared heritage

  News, Editorial, Published on 09/03/2023

  » In an apparent bid to put an end to the war of words over the Kun Khmer-Muay Thai conflict, Cambodian strongman Hun Sen has proposed that both terms for the martial art should be accepted.

• OPINION

  Grave danger in Cambodia

  News, Editorial, Published on 07/09/2017

  » After operating for more than 24 years, the English-language The Cambodia Daily faced its final curtain call this week, with the last edition hitting newsstands on Monday. Observers believe the closure, which stemmed from a tax dispute between the Daily and Prime Minister Hun Sen's government, is a threat to the freedoms of the media in the country.

• OPINION

  Shared items with no sole 'owner'

  News, Editorial, Published on 09/09/2018

  » Over the past weeks, social media has buzzed with a number of Khmer netizens jittering over Thailand's registration of khon masked dance performance as intangible cultural heritage with Unesco.

• OPINION

  Stop press intimidation

  News, Editorial, Published on 02/01/2018

  » The Thai Journalists Association wound up the year by issuing a depressing statement. It rated 2017 as yet another year where the free press was regulated and intimidated by the military government. The TJA said the regime hinders the media by restricting freedom of expression. And it says this causes public harm by not allowing examination and by barring criticism of the junta, collectively and individually.

• OPINION

  Come clean on Yingluck

  News, Editorial, Published on 12/09/2017

  » The official version of the "great escape" by ex-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is coming apart. More importantly, the public is rapidly losing confidence in the government's ability to reconstruct what occurred -- or concoct a credible account.

• OPINION

  Hun Sen must take heed

  News, Editorial, Published on 14/02/2020

  » In his quest for absolute control and to prolong his stay in power, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has turned the country into a de facto one-party state and prepared his eldest son for a dynastic succession. This quest has been pursued at the cost of his people's political and civil rights.

• OPINION

  Hun Sen must compromise

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/10/2019

  » As a result of his brutal political purge against the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) and its senior members over the past few years, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has got what he wanted. His ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) won a “fake”, uncontested election last year and he has prolonged his stay in power. But he has left the future of his country and its people in disarray.

• OPINION

  Hun Sen finds a Thai ally

  News, Editorial, Published on 08/11/2019

  » What is as troubling as the ruling Cambodian regime's ruthless crackdown on opposition leaders, as recent developments over the past few days have shown, is how willingly the Thai government has cooperated with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.

• OPINION

  Hun Sen's attack may provoke revolt

  News, Editorial, Published on 22/10/2017

  » Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's political purges against his political opposition reached a dreadful point, another uglier turn, on Friday. The Senate, by 40 out of 60 members, voted to pass controversial amendments to the law on political parties, allowing the redistribution of MP seats of any dissolved party to minor parties.

• OPINION

  Hun Sen's big gamble

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/08/2020

  » The arrest of prominent Cambodian unionist and long-time government critic Rong Chhun at the end of last month at his home in Phnom Penh sends a clear message to the world that Prime Minister Hun Sen and members of the ruling-Cambodia People's Party (CPP) will never tolerate opposition voices in the country.

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