Tag: cambodia
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Wang visits Cambodia, Beijing’s closest Southeast Asian ally
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Cambodia last weekend for a three-day official visit to reaffirm ties with Beijing’s closest ally in Southeast Asia. His ... -
Cambodia’s Hun Manet holds talks in neighboring country on first visit as PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet met with his Vietnamese counterpart yesterday on an official visit to boost relations between the neighboring Southeast Asian countries that are ... -
Chinese navy ships are first to dock at new pier at Sihanoukville naval base
Chinese naval vessels have become the first ships to dock at a new pier at a Cambodian naval base that the United States and some international ... -
Cambodia inaugurates Chinese-funded airport serving tourist destination Angkor Wat
Cambodia on Thursday inaugurated its newest and biggest airport, a Chinese-financed project meant to serve as an upgraded gateway to the country’s major tourist attraction, the ... -
New airport opens to serve Angkor Wat as it seeks to boost tourist arrivals
Commercial operations began this week at Cambodia’s newest and biggest airport, designed to serve as an upgraded gateway to the country’s major tourist attraction, the centuries-old ... -
Parliament approves longtime leader’s son as PM in generational change
The son of longtime autocratic Cambodian leader Hun Sen was sworn in Tuesday as the country’s new prime minister, part of a generational change in top ... -
PM Hun Sen says he will step down in three weeks and his son will succeed him
Longtime Cambodian leader Hun Sen said yesterday he will step down in three weeks as prime minister and hand the position to his oldest son, who ... -
US announces punitive measures over concerns elections were ‘neither free nor fair’
Cambodia’s longtime ruling party yesterday lauded its landslide victory in weekend elections as a clear mandate for the next five years, but the United States said its stifling ... -
Hun Sen set to win by landslide in elections with opposition suppressed and critics purged
Longtime Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen cast his ballot 10 minutes after polls opened at 7 a.m.yesterday, in an election in which his party is all ... -
Land activists arrested for allegedly inciting farmers to hate the rich
Three Cambodian land rights activists who were arrested on charges of plotting against the government planned to provoke a peasant revolution by teaching farmers about class ... -
Independent radio station shut on order of PM
One of Cambodia’s last free media outlets, Voice of Democracy radio, yesterday ceased operations after Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered its closure for allegedly slandering his ... -
Cambodia’s Hun Sen receives support pledges on Beijing visit
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen received multiple assurances of Chinese economic and political support during a meeting Friday in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “(China) ... -
US joins protests over arrest of Cambodian labor leader
The United States has joined local human rights groups in Cambodia in calling for the release of a labor union leader who was involved in a ... -
Myanmar violence, Ukraine war loom over ASEAN meetings
Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering in the Cambodian capital for meetings addressing persisting violence in Myanmar and other issues, joined by top diplomats from the ...
