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STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 21, 2023 • 6 min read

Quick Read With motorcade, Cambodia’s ruling party marks expected election victory

By Anton L. Delgado • Jul 21, 2023
A Friday motor rally that flooded downtown Phnom Penh showcased Prime Minister Hun Sen's eldest son and chosen successor, Hun Manet. With a landslide victory all but guaranteed for the ruling party, Manet's ascendance could follow as soon as August

STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 04, 2020 • 15 min read

Cambodian democracy Courting opposition

By Andrew Haffner • Mar 04, 2020
Despite a boom in supposed opposition parties filling the void left by the CNRP, true democracy in Cambodia seems farther out of grasp than ever before

STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 11, 2019 • 13 min read
In Partnership with 1

International relations Cambodia and the great powers

By Simon Roughneen • Dec 11, 2019
In the second instalment in our eight-week partnership with Future Forum, a Cambodian think tank, we examine the Kingdom's attempts to navigate the choppy waters of great power politics.

Dec 10, 2019 • 6 min read
Cambodian civil society

A not-so-fond farewell

This year will be the last in which Human Rights Day will be officially marked in Cambodia after the government's decision to remove it from its list of public holidays. Chak Sopheap, Executive Director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, reflects on this symbolic gesture and what it means for rights in the Kingdom
By Chak Sopheap • Dec 10, 2019

Nov 08, 2019 • 11 min read
Sam Rainsy’s return

The great disappointment

Sam Rainsy’s long-promised return to Cambodia on November 9 seems to have fallen at the first hurdle. For the exiled opposition leader, this humiliation could mark the end of his decades-long political career
By Paul Millar • Nov 08, 2019

Oct 22, 2019 • 8 min read
Cambodian Politics

The return

On November 9, Cambodia’s opposition leaders have promised to return to the Kingdom to take the fight to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party. We spoke to senior CNRP politician Mu Sochua about her fast-approaching date with destiny
By Paul Millar • Oct 22, 2019

Jun 20, 2019 • 11 min read
Hun Sen vs Sam Rainsy

The strongman and the strawman

Exiled opposition politician Sam Rainsy has once again pledged to come back to Cambodia. But for a government eager to imagine itself as under assault on all sides, he’s far more useful to Hun Sen in Paris
By Paul Millar • Jun 20, 2019

Sep 25, 2018 • 5 min read
FreedomFilmFest

The future is bleak, says ‘A Cambodian Spring’ director Chris Kelly

In the run up to its screening at this year’s FreedomFilmFest, Southeast Asia Globe speaks to the director of 2017 documentary A Cambodian Spring, which highlights the infamous land disputes of Boeung Kak Lake in Phnom Penh and charts the return of prominent opposition politician Sam Rainsy
By Lesly Lotha • Sep 25, 2018

Dec 16, 2016 • 7 min read
Election

Sam Rainsy’s last stand?

After losing four elections and with cracks in his party widening, the 2018 general election could be Sam Rainsy’s last as the leader of the Cambodian opposition
By David Hutt • Dec 16, 2016

Mar 10, 2016 • 10 min read
Politics

Has Cambodia’s opposition CNRP lost its way?

With its leader in exile and the ruling party muscling in on its turf, the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party must regain momentum
By David Hutt • Mar 10, 2016