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STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 22, 2017 • 7 min read

Whatever happened to Cambodia’s Funcinpec Party

By Paul Millar • Nov 22, 2017
From commanding almost half of the popular vote in Cambodia’s 1993 elections to barely a footnote in the most recent ballots, Funcinpec’s resurgence as a tool in the government’s fight against the opposition is a bitter reminder of how far they've fallen

STORY OF THE DAY • May 09, 2017 • 12 min read

Politics The price of loyalty

By Colin Meyn • May 09, 2017
Prime Minister Hun Sen's party dominated the last round of commune elections in 2012. But much has changed, and local polls in June will test whether the system that has kept Southeast Asia’s longest-serving leader in power is crumbling

STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 07, 2017 • 11 min read

Cambodia How leaks, lies and fake news took over politics

By Paul Millar • Mar 07, 2017
As social media becomes the number one news source for young Cambodians, the spectre of ‘fake news’ is haunting a nation whose politics is wracked by rumour and ridicule

Sep 01, 2016 • 8 min read
Cambodia

Caught in the middle

With tensions rising between China and the West over the South China Sea, Cambodia once again finds itself walking a knife’s edge between the world’s great powers
By Paul Millar • Sep 01, 2016

Jul 04, 2016 • 5 min read

Cambodia's ruling party hammers opposition as election looms

Cambodia’s opposition leader is in self-exile, his deputy is facing questionable charges and civil society leaders are behind bars. So what is behind the country’s political turmoil?
By Sophal Ear • Jul 04, 2016

Dec 19, 2014 • 3 min read
Cambodia

Hun Sen “misinformed” over Cambodia’s mass HIV infection, says Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

Virologist jointly credited with discovering HIV calls for calm Françoise Barré-Sinoussi – credited along with her colleague Luc Montagnier as the discoverer of HIV – has said that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has been “misinformed”, following his comments regarding an outbreak of the virus in Battambang province, in Cambodia’s northwest
By David Hutt and Dene Mullen • Dec 19, 2014

Sep 01, 2014 • 11 min read
Cambodia

At the crossroads

After many months of protests and rounds of negotiations, the Kingdom’s two main parties have struck a deal. But in a country with a youthful population and old-school leaders, it remains to be seen whether politicians can meet rising expectations
By Sebastian Strangio • Sep 01, 2014

Apr 08, 2013 • 7 min read
Khmer Rouge

The paper trail

More than 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany’s Stasi files are still throwing up some surprises – not least for those living in Cambodia as profiles on many Khmer Rouge defectors, many of whom lead the country today, have emerged
By Dr Markus Karbaum • Apr 08, 2013