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Hun Manet
![Navalny’s Death Highlights the Dangers Facing Cambodia’s Political Prisoners Navalny’s Death Highlights the Dangers Facing Cambodia’s Political Prisoners](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-02-27-204441.jpg)
Navalny’s Death Highlights the Dangers Facing Cambodia’s Political Prisoners
By Sam Rainsy
The world should ensure that the same fate does not befall the more than 60 "hostages" in the country's prisons.
![Cambodia’s CPP Claims Lopsided Victory in Senate Elections Cambodia’s CPP Claims Lopsided Victory in Senate Elections](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-02-26-044509.jpg)
Cambodia’s CPP Claims Lopsided Victory in Senate Elections
By Sebastian Strangio
The foreordained result is the latest development in the generational transition that peaked with last year's handover of power from Hun Sen to his son Hun Manet.
![Cambodia Gears Up For Low-Stakes Senate Election Cambodia Gears Up For Low-Stakes Senate Election](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-02-23-012250.jpg)
Cambodia Gears Up For Low-Stakes Senate Election
By Sebastian Strangio
The ruling CPP is set to sweep most of the seats, after which it is expected to appoint former Prime Minister Hun Sen as the body's president.
![Cambodia’s Former PM Sues Rights Activist For Defamation Cambodia’s Former PM Sues Rights Activist For Defamation](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-02-07-051019.jpg)
Cambodia’s Former PM Sues Rights Activist For Defamation
By Sebastian Strangio
The lawsuit, filed on Monday, is the latest sign that the country's rolling political crackdown is continuing under its new-look leadership.
![The Collateral Damage of the Hun Manet Charm Offensive The Collateral Damage of the Hun Manet Charm Offensive](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-02-06-200322.jpg)
The Collateral Damage of the Hun Manet Charm Offensive
By Arthur Eremita
Who stands to lose the most as the world welcomes the next generation of Cambodian kleptocrats?
![New Cambodian PM to Depart on First State Visit to Thailand New Cambodian PM to Depart on First State Visit to Thailand](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-02-06-043659.jpg)
New Cambodian PM to Depart on First State Visit to Thailand
By Sebastian Strangio
Hun Manet's scheduled meeting with Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will focus on economic cooperation and border issues, according to the two governments.
![Cambodia Looks to the Future By Luring Back Western Investors Cambodia Looks to the Future By Luring Back Western Investors](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-02-05-204842.jpg)
Cambodia Looks to the Future By Luring Back Western Investors
By Luke Hunt
The IMF sees significant downside risks as Cambodia slips on corruption index.
![Rights Groups Condemn Thailand’s Arrest of Cambodian Dissident Exiles Rights Groups Condemn Thailand’s Arrest of Cambodian Dissident Exiles](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-02-05-002316.jpg)
Rights Groups Condemn Thailand’s Arrest of Cambodian Dissident Exiles
By Sebastian Strangio
The arrest of the three Cambodian dissidents came ahead of a state visit by Prime Minister Hun Manet on February 7.
![Aren’t Cambodia’s Journalists Tired Of Being Spoken Down To? Aren’t Cambodia’s Journalists Tired Of Being Spoken Down To?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-01-31-225448.jpg)
Aren’t Cambodia’s Journalists Tired Of Being Spoken Down To?
By David Hutt
The country's government views the press as an adjunct of power.
![Cambodian PM Sacks City Mayor Amid Firings and Demotions Cambodian PM Sacks City Mayor Amid Firings and Demotions](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-01-15-065420.jpg)
Cambodian PM Sacks City Mayor Amid Firings and Demotions
By Luke Hunt
Diplomats posted to Phnom Penh expect the new leader's bureaucratic shake-out to continue.
![Cambodian PM Hun Manet’s Rise to the Top of the CPP Leadership Cambodian PM Hun Manet’s Rise to the Top of the CPP Leadership](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-01-09-233008.jpg)
Cambodian PM Hun Manet’s Rise to the Top of the CPP Leadership
By Chhengpor Aun
Since taking the reins from his father in August, Manet has also been promoted into the top ranks of the ruling party.
![Why Cambodia’s Government Cannot Win Its Fight Against Corruption Why Cambodia’s Government Cannot Win Its Fight Against Corruption](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-01-08-232331.jpg)
Why Cambodia’s Government Cannot Win Its Fight Against Corruption
By David Hutt
As demonstrated by the scourge of hit-and-run violence on the nation's roads, the political system rests on the idea that some people are more equal than others.