Cambodia News: Hun Sen

A dozen civil society groups yesterday sent a letter to National Assembly president Heng Samrin requesting that he release the full draft of the Social Security ...

Khmer Rise Party (KRP) president and member of the Supreme Consultation Council Sok Sovann Vathana Sabung accused Kampong Chhnang provincial ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has praised the strong relationship Cambodia enjoys with China, saying the Asian giant plays a significant role in promoting peace, ...

The United States expressed concern on Wednesday over the detention of political activists in Cambodia and called on the government to lift restrictions on the ...

The government is expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Czech Republic on developing its mining and energy sector next month, ...

The Ministry of Health has reminded the public to practice food hygiene to prevent illness during the Pchum Ben festival.

Increasingly, the arena of international affairs is being shaped by soft power. Where traditional economic and military might once reigned supreme, a nation's ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen's ambitious roadmap to extend social security benefits to migrant workers was endorsed at the 3rd Ministerial Conference on Labour ...

BANGKOK -- Gen. Apirat Kongsompong, Thailand's powerful army chief, is shifting the kingdom's security architecture, and U.S. military equipment is he.

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A court in Cambodia has issued a new warrant for the arrest of acting president of the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Sam Rainsy ...

World Bank approves the disbursement of $1 billion to develop priority sectors.

Oknhas, a title that can only be conferred by the King, places great responsibility.

SIEM REAP, Cambodia, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The first Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) training program on project management and sectoral development ...

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has returned all 83 plastic waste-filled containers to their countries of origin, the country's General Department of ...

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Labor ministers from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam (CLMTV) agreed on Tuesday to work together to ...

by Mao Pengfei, Nguon Sovan. PHNOM PENH, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said that China has been playing a ...

The Cambodian government summoned three human rights organizations to meetings in Phnom Penh to examine research they published and comments one ...

PM said that Cambodia should be the first country to implement a free first-aid treatment to foreign workers working in the Kingdom.

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PHNOM PENH - The Cambodian government said Monday that 1592 tons of illegally imported plastic waste found in July have been shipped back to the United ...

The verdict in the trial of two former Radio Free Asia journalists charged with espionage and the production of pornography will be announced on Oct 3, ...

Cambodia's banned opposition party has earmarked a budget to support members of the armed forces who defect from Prime Minister Hun Sen's regime and ...

The semi-finals of the domestic Hun Sen Cup will get underway tomorrow with Visakha set to meet Boeung Ket, while Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng entertain ...

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian authorities arrested six political activists over the weekend for alleged plots to rally in support of former opposition ...

MANILA – Office space demand for offshore gaming surpassed the business process outsourcing industry for the first time as take-up surged in the last 3 weeks ...

Extremist figures have long dotted the landscape of Cambodian politics. One of them in contemporary Cambodia is Sam Rainsy, a master illusionist who thrives ...

Australian Federal Police drops its investigation into Tabcorp bribe allegations.

Phnom Penh Municipal Court charges Sam Rainsy with lèse-majesté.

The 32nd Phnom Penh SEA Games 2023 will be hosted between May 5 – May 15, 2023.

PM calls on all relevant authorities to increase security measures during Pchum Ben.

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A court in Cambodia on Friday charged acting president of the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Sam Rainsy with “insulting the King ...

PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia may walk back its decision to shut down its online gaming industry, risking the ire of closest regional ally China.Online gamin.

In a meeting of prime ministers Wednesday, Cambodia's Hun Sen appeared to eliminate neighboring Laos as a potential route by which self-exiled opposition ...

Tickets for the Hun Sen Cup semi-finals go on sale next week with fans urged to come out to support their favourite club.

A lawyer for arrested Cambodian opposition chief Kem Sokha on Wednesday rejected government claims this week that his transfer by authorities from prison to ...

Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh tomorrow in a bid to iron out border dispute between ...

PM issues another directive to take preventive measures to deal with upcoming floods.

In about nine weeks, Cambodia opposition figure Sam Rainsy will presumably return to his country, along with other exiled CNRP politicians, after spending the ...

PHNOM PENH: Tens of thousands of Chinese nationals are reportedly leaving the kingdom following a government ban on online gambling intended to reduce ...

Tycoons in Cambodia known as “Okhna” are abusing their power to commit crimes, a nongovernmental organization said Tuesday, as those who hold the ...

The Florida congressman who leads Republicans on the U.S. House Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee continued to stress his opposition to Hun Sen's regime ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has recognised four highly talented young students, including Thuch Salik, a 15-year-old schoolboy who speaks 15 ...

At the invitation of Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith will lead a delegation on an official visit to Cambodia on Thursday and Friday ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Malaysian counterpart Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday criticised sanctions placed by the UN Security Council and ...

Cambodia's Supreme Court dissolved the CNRP in Nov. 2017 after finding it and leader Sokha had plotted with the United States to overthrow Hun Sen, who ...

Cambodia today signed two agreements with Malaysia on tourism and double tax avoidance.

What does a notoriously corrupt one-party government do when its credibility and popularity starts to sag? In Cambodia's case, it launches a highly public ...

BANGKOK, Thailand | Cambodia's exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy says he will return from France on Nov. 9 to his Southeast Asian homeland, where he ...

Hun Sen in response said local authorities would arrest Sam Rainsy if he was “brave” enough to enter the country, regardless of how many people met him at ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered authorities to end all online and arcade gambling in the Kingdom by the end of this year in a bid to safeguard security and ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday announced the expansion of the provision of free bus services for the next two years to monks, senior citizens, person with ...

Authoritarian PM Hun Sen has reportedly given Beijing the green light for a naval base on the Gulf of Thailand.

Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad and his wife will pay an official visit to Cambodia from September 2-4 for further strengthening ties between the ...

Visakha triumphed 1-0 (5-2 on aggregate) over Kirivong Sok Sen Chey to book their ticket to the semi-final stage of the Hun Sen Cup. A single goal from Keo ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday ordered Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana to probe the Kingdom's judicial system for any corruption and irregularities.

Efforts to root out corruption in the country are likely to run once again into familiar realities.

Prime Minister Hun Sen has defended firefighters criticised online for failing to prevent the destruction of a mattress factory in Phnom Penh on Friday.

Last week saw a flurry of statements, actions and announcements being made by Prime Minister Hun Sen to push up by several notches, the fight against illegal ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen composed a song on Sunday as he exchanged barbs with Sam Rainsy on the latter's claim that he would return to Cambodia on ...

Cambodia and Laos have agreed to withdraw troops from the border region in the northern Preah Vihear province after Prime Minister Hun Sen spoke by phone ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered members of the military and police forces who hold the honorary title Oknha, which translates to tycoon, to choose between ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen will visit Vietnam next month to attract more investors to the Kingdom. This follows discussions held on Tuesday with Vietnamese ...

Three French lawyers representing Prime Minister Hun Sen and Lieutenant General Dy Vichea yesterday filed two separate defamation lawsuits against former ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has filed a defamation lawsuit in French court against his longtime political enemy Sam ...

Lawmakers hope the Senate would pass and send the bill to President Donald Trump to sign later this year.

Cambodian officials gave the media unprecedented access to the Ream naval base in a bid to rubbish reports of a deal allowing China to use the facilities ...

July 22 (UPI) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen slammed a recent U.S. news report that said his government secretly agreed China could build a naval base ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is having trouble making friends in the United States under President Donald Trump.

BANGKOK -- Cambodia's strongman took extremely prompt action after a building under construction in the coastal city of Sihanoukville collapsed and ki.

The Cambodian leader, however, did not mention any specific countries.

The Cambodian premier indirectly criticized the EU's own human rights situation as declining compared to forty years ago while Cambodia's human rights are ...

That Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen wants to hand power to one of his progeny is hardly a new theory. At least since the late 2000s, American officials have ...

PHNOM PENH/HANOI (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has accused Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of supporting genocide ...

Vietnam's actions to remove the Khmer Rouge regime from power in Cambodia in the late 1970s are still a source of division among Asean states.

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday brushed aside calls by members of the Cambodian diaspora in Japan to resign, pledging instead to “wage ...

TOKYO -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday dismissed fears that his country is at risk of falling into a Chinese "debt trap" and said massi.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday reiterated that he would deliver a keynote speech around the theme, “In Search of the New Global Order ...

Hun Sen, a former Khmer Rouge soldier, claimed that through his Win-Win Policy, Cambodia has been achieving strong economic growth for the past two ...

On the sidelines of the second Belt and Road Forum in China last month, Cambodia's Hun Sen was busy. He secured a further $90 million defence grant from ...

The attempts by the Cambodian People's Party to frighten citizens with reminders of the brutal regimes of the past insult the character of the Cambodian people.

PARIS – On April 4, a group of international buyers' associations from the garment, footwear, sporting and travel goods industries sent a letter to Cambodian ...

Last year, the Trump administration deported a record number of Cambodians from the United States. On the surface, these deportations appear to be another ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has defended his country's close ties with Beijing, declaring that a surge of mainland visitors and investment does not put ...

Cambodian union leaders say Prime Minister Hun Sen's promise of free legal benefits to vulnerable women, including garment factory workers, was prompted ...

Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy vowed again on Friday to go back to Cambodia after more than three years abroad, defying threats by ruling Prime ...

Cambodia's strongman leader Hun Sen on Thursday called on his country's military to "destroy" opponents if the government comes under threat, in a tirade i.

Phnom Penh – Cambodia has said that journalists who describe the government as “Hun Sen's regime” or the “Phnom Penh regime” may face investigation from ...

BEIJING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will pay an official visit to China on Jan. 20-23 at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.

Cambodian leader's attack comes as EU mulls removal of Everything But Arms status over human rights concerns.

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday insisted he will not react to comments from a politician – seemingly Sam Rainsy – saying he had already made his ...

Once again, “Victory Over Genocide Day” has been celebrated in Cambodia by the Cambodian People's Party (CCP) government and its supporters. This year ...

The Cambodian prime minister inaugurated a monument celebrating his own achievements.

Twenty years since collapse of ultra-communist movement, policy hailed by Cambodia PM for ending war back in spotlight.

Charles Dunst is a journalist based in Phnom Penh. He was written for the New York Times, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, the South China Morning …

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen told his ministers to ease pressure on labor union leaders on Wednesday, after threats by the ...

Cambodia's prime minister, Hun Sen, has won a landslide election victory, a result that was seen as a foregone conclusion after a months-long brutal crackdown ...

Kem Samathida struggles to find comedic relief when she refers to herself as a “wanderer of the world.” But what the self-imposed Cambodian exile really means ...

Sydney – From the safety of suburban Australia, Bou Rachna recalls the hours before her husband Kem Ley, a prominent Cambodian political analyst, was shot ...