Exiled leaders of the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) have called on all Cambodians to join their efforts to “restore democracy” and for the government to defer to appeals by the international community for change.
Interior Minister Sar Kheng would not be “stupid” enough to plan a coup d’ètat, Prime Minister Hun Sen said at the opening of a stretch of railway on Monday.
An international political union led by former Colombian President Andrés Pastrana, who appeared on stage at Prime Minister Hun Sen’s final campaign rally for last […]
Prime Minister Hun Sen has vowed to fight corruption in his message for the coming Khmer New Year, once again calling on his government to “take a bath” and even “conduct surgery” to stamp out rampant graft.
Former opposition leader Sam Rainsy has told the world to ignore the arrest warrants for “plotting to commit treason” and “incitement” issued for himself and seven other officials from the banned Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).
Cambodia will not accept recommendations to release opposition leader Kem Sokha from house arrest when it delivers its formal reply to the U.N.’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of its rights record later this year, an official involved in the process said, but will take on board more “general” reform advice.
Cambodia’s armed forces will continue to support Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government, the Defense Ministry said, after former opposition leader Sam Rainsy issued a public appeal to the military to “follow the model of the armed forces in Algeria” and join with the people to topple a dictatorship.
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered authorities to cut off the electricity supply over the coming Khmer New Year period of anyone who claims recent power outages are due to a government plan to build support for new hydropower dams.
About 900 sacked workers from the W&D garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district returned to work on Friday, ending an almost three-month labor dispute after Prime Minister Hun Sen publicly demanded their reinstatement.
About 500 people protested outside the Land Management Ministry on Wednesday over a land dispute involving more than 1,200 families who say they have been dispossessed by with two sugarcane plantations in Koh Kong province.
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