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Prime Minister Hun Sen
June 09, 2021
Bankruptcy Casts Shadow Over Cambodian Oil Extraction Ceremony
By Sebastian Strangio
Last week, the Singaporean company operating the country's only offshore oil block filed for liquidation.
June 02, 2021
US Official Warns Cambodia Over China Ties, Human Rights
By Sebastian Strangio
Can Washington promote human rights and draw Cambodia out of Beijing’s orbit – at the same time?
January 04, 2021
Cambodia Announces Game-Changing Crude Oil Extraction
By Sebastian Strangio
Oil revenues will likely further entrench the power of Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Cambodian People's Party.
December 14, 2020
Cambodia’s COVID-19 Vaccine Boondoggle
By David Hutt
The tycoon-funded vaccine drive demonstrates the durability of the patronage state that Hun Sen has built since the 1980s. It also reveals its weaknesses.
December 09, 2020
Cambodia Vaccine Push Offers Window Into Elite Networks
By Sebastian Strangio
A list of prominent vaccine fund donors constitutes a who's who of the country's economic elite.
November 06, 2020
Cambodia’s ‘Bridge into Europe’ Tests Positive for COVID-19
By Luke Hunt
Prime Minister Hun Sen, among hundreds of others, is in quarantine after meeting with Hungary’s foreign minister.
October 23, 2020
29 Years on, Landmark Peace Accord Charts Deep Divides in Cambodia
By Sebastian Strangio
The legacy of the 1991 Paris Peace Agreements, which aimed to bring the country peace and democracy, remains deeply contested.
October 23, 2020
The Beginning of the End of Kem Sokha’s Ordeal in Cambodia?
By David Hutt
In recent weeks, Prime Minister Hun Sen has softened his stance toward his main political rival. As usual, there is more than meets the eye.
February 12, 2016
Cambodia's Hun Sen Wants a South China Sea Apology
By Mong Palatino
Premier hits out at critics who blame ASEAN's unprecedented failure to issue a joint communique in 2012 on Cambodia.
May 01, 2015
Cambodia’s Hun Sen Threatens to Kill Opposition Dialogue
By Prashanth Parameswaran
The 'culture of dialogue' can die, the premier warns.
February 25, 2015
Cambodia’s Strongman Taunts Opposition With Rocket Fire
By Prashanth Parameswaran
The country’s premier Hun Sen takes aim at activists battling a Chinese dam project.
February 25, 2015
Cambodia Suspends China Dam Project to Silence Opposition
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Move comes a day after the controversial deportation of a Spanish anti-dam activist.
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