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The 71yearold veteran politician will succeed abe shinzo who has resigned to deal with health issues. Suga supported abe as chief cabinet secretary for more than seven years. He says he will push forward abes policies to deal with the coronavirus and revitalize the economy. He also vows to push forward administrative and regulatory reforms. The emperor cerememonially endorseded suguga in his cabine line with the constitutional requirements. Suga will hold a News Conference at 9 00 p. M. Local ti...

Over the past two decades, as China has grown to become a global economic power, it has positioned itself as Cambodia’s most important economic partner.

Prime Minister Hun Manet's government has quickly gone on the defensive against the report, playing down the scale of the problem. Both the report and experts on the issue say Cambodia has yet to show the necessary resolve to root out and shut down the trafficking networks.

As Cambodia fully embraces the “China model,” the country’s role in the geopolitical competition between the United States and China is becoming increasingly important.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A flurry of subdecrees released through the end of July and early August show that the Cambodian government has approved he addition of more than a million hectares of land, or 2.5 million acres, to the country’s protected areas. But amid the ongoing deforestation and privatization of Cambodia’s protected areas, civil […]

The 10 activists from a coastal province were given one-year jail terms amid a lengthy land dispute.

In recent years, due to Hun Sen’s destruction of democracy, the U.S. suspended joint military projects with Cambodia and then suspended arms deliveries. China has stepped into the breach.

Strategic gain is seen for the Communist giant, as Cambodia emerges as its proxy in Southeast Asia.

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

*Names have been changed to protect sources who said they feared reprisals from the authorities. BOTUM SAKOR, Cambodia — “We’ve filed complaints with four institutions now — the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Land Management, and the Ministry of National Defense — but only the interior ministry has responded,” said […]