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'Mission impossible': UN in Cambodia showed early limit of nation building
Reuters, Published on 13/03/2022
» PHNOM PENH: Just over 30 years ago, a crackling radio in a refugee camp on the Thai border brought Sam Sophal word that the United Nations was coming to his war-ravaged homeland of Cambodia.
Former Cambodian PM Prince Norodom Ranariddh dies at 77
Reuters, Published on 28/11/2021
» PHNOM PENH: Former Cambodian Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh has died in France, the Cambodian minister of information said. He was 77.
Spoiled by victory?
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 23/07/2018
» Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Cambodian People's Party (CPP) are poised to coast to victory in general elections this coming Sunday, but it may not be smooth sailing ahead for Asia's longest-serving leader.
Injured former Cambodian PM in Bangkok for treatment
Published on 18/06/2018
» PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian prince who was a candidate in upcoming general elections was transferred early Monday to a hospital in Bangkok after being injured in a road crash that killed his wife, said a fellow politician and a Cambodian news agency. He was expected to recover.
Ex-Cambodian PM's wife killed in crash
News, Published on 18/06/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Former Cambodian Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh was seriously injured Sunday in a road crash that killed his wife and injured at least seven other people, officials said.
Cambodia makes first arrest using new royal insult law
Associated Press, Published on 13/05/2018
» PHNOM PENH: A 50-year-old teacher has been arrested in Cambodia for allegedly insulting the monarchy in a comment posted on Facebook, police said on Sunday, the first such arrest since the country adopted a royal insult law earlier this year.
Cambodian opposition's seats reallocated after ban
Reuters, Published on 23/11/2017
» PHNOM PENH: Parliamentary seats held by Cambodia's recently banned opposition party were reallocated on Thursday to smaller parties that had failed to win any seats in the last election, the National Election Committee said.
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.
Cambodia's political prince submits to its strongman
Reuters, Published on 15/10/2017
» PHNOM PENH: With Cambodia's opposition warning of the imminent death of its democracy, the historic rival who once beat Prime Minister Hun Sen in an election said there was no option but to work with the strongman.
Cambodian royalist party announces split
Published on 04/02/2016
» PHNOM PENH — Cambodia's royalist Funcinpec Party announced a split among its leaders on Thursday, leading it to divide into two groups.