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Prime Minister Hun Sen inaugurates a sky bridge on National Road 5 on 31 January, 2022. (Hun Sen's Facebook page)

Hun Sen Clarifies: ‘Peace’ Means No War

In a monologue debating against unnamed analysts, Prime Minister Hun Sen dismissed criticisms that Cambodia was not fully at peace due to ongoing social injustices.

Phnom Penh Municipal Court in December 2021. (Ananth Baliga/VOD)

Defense Silenced by Private Phone Evidence in Opposition Mass Trials

Transcripts of phone calls between a CNRP activist and his wife and among opposition supporters, in which they spoke of Covid-19 concerns including a potential government cover-up, featured in the penultimate hearing of a mass trial case at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.

An endangered hog deer was captured on camera trap in 2017, with a new study estimating there are as many as 84 deer in a small patch of Kratie grassland. (WWF Cambodia)

Briefs: Taiwan Warns of Forced Labor, Endangered Hog Deer, PM on Myanmar

More than 10 Taiwanese are being held against their will and working at a scam operation, said Taiwan’s foreign ministry. There are 84 endangered deer in a small patch of Kratie grassland. Hun Sen spoke with junta chief Min Aung Hlaing on Wednesday, with the prime minister putting forth a four-point appeal.