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PHNOM PENH: Prime Minister Hun Manet cited the five-point approach to good governance left by his predecesessor Hun Sen as the reason for the recent dismissal of Kep town governor Kheng Yon.

On Monday, a court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, convicted four land rights activists of provoking a “peasant revolution”. The activists are part of the Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community (CCFC). The...

Prime Minister Hun Manet told members of the Cambodian diaspora in Europe that his visit to France and his meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron were not taking place by chance.

The two People’s Liberation Army corvettes were the first foreign vessels to dock at the newly developed base.

The regime the Khmer Rouge oversaw a cultural genocide which saw many 1960s rock and pop stars murdered, Cambodian Space Project aim to keep those voices alive.

The report — “A Snapshot of the Gold Mining Industry in Cambodia: Rights Violations, and Environmental Damage” — notes that a government official in 2007 touted the industry’s promise of reducing reliance on donor aid and funding everything from schools to infrastructure and social programs. 

PHNOM PENH: The Ministry of Information dismisses Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) recent report on press freedom in Cambodia, labelling it a “failure” to accurately portray the country’s reality.

Diplomats posted to Phnom Penh expect the new leader’s bureaucratic shake-out to continue.

PHNOM PENH: Prime Minister Hun Manet arrived in Paris on the evening of Jan 13 (Paris time) for discussions with French President Emmanuel Macron, marking his first trip to Europe as the head of government.

South Korea’s shifting foreign policy priorities are reflective of leadership changes, but the permanence of its policy pivots remain to be seen, writes Daniel Sneider (Stanford University).