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Cambodia dismayed over US sanctions for corruption, logging
Associated Press, Published on 10/12/2019
» PHNOM PENH: The Cambodian government has expressed “strong dismay” over a US Treasury decision to sanction two businessmen suspected of corruption and illegal logging.
Cambodian opposition chief readies return from exile
Associated Press, Published on 05/11/2019
» BRUSSELS: Cambodia's most prominent opposition politician says he's ready to risk imprisonment or death by returning to his country from self-imposed exile to unseat the country's longtime ruler.
Cambodian judge orders new probe in reporters' spying case
Associated Press, Published on 03/10/2019
» PHNOM PENH: A court on Thursday ordered a new investigation and postponed its ruling in the espionage trial of two journalists who had formerly worked for a US government-backed radio station.
Espionage trial of Cambodian reporters begins
Associated Press, Published on 26/07/2019
» PHNOM PENH: The espionage trial of two Cambodian journalists who formerly worked for a US government-funded radio station began on Friday, almost two years after their arrest.
Hun Sen denies allowing China naval base
Associated Press, Published on 22/07/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday strongly denied that he was allowing China to set up a military outpost in the country, after a news report alleged that the two nations signed a secret pact allowing Beijing exclusive use of a naval base on the Gulf of Thailand.
Cambodian rivals use noodle ploy to get message across
Associated Press, Published on 09/06/2019
» PHNOM PENH: The bitter decades-long rivalry between Hun Sen, Cambodia's strongman leader, and Sam Rainsy, his self-exiled chief political rival and critic, has sometimes played out in deadly violence. But on Sunday, soup rather than blood was likely to be spilled.
Cambodian court summons members of defunct opposition party
Associated Press, Published on 08/05/2019
» PHNOM PENH: A court in northwestern Cambodia has summoned for questioning more than two dozen regional members of the defunct opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party, accusing them of engaging in politics even though their party was dissolved by the Supreme Court a year and a half ago.
Cambodian leader's eldest son advances in succession stakes
Associated Press, Published on 20/12/2018
» PHNOM PENH: The eldest son of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has joined the inner circle of his father's ruling Cambodian People's Party, bolstering speculation he is being groomed to succeed to the premiership.
Cambodia's biggest hydropower dam now producing electricity
Associated Press, Published on 17/12/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's largest hydropower project officially began producing electricity Monday as the country tries to increase its energy capacity to reduce energy imports and help jump-start industrial expansion.
Australian on trial in Cambodia testifies he is not spy
Associated Press, Published on 23/08/2018
» PHNOM PENH: An Australian filmmaker on trial in Cambodia on charges of endangering national security defended himself Thursday under cross-examination, declaring the evidence shows he is a journalist, not a spy or political operative.