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Cambodia opposition bemoans “death of democracy” after ruling party claimes landslide win
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) said on July 30 it had won all 125 parliamentary seats up for grabs in...
Cambodia readies for July 29 general elections – 70,000 police deployed
Obviously not expecting a friction-free election on Cambodia’s polling day on Sunday, July 29, the government started to deploy an army of security forces...
Cambodia’s authoritarian leader will end like Mugabe, says opponent
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen will end his political life like Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, exiled former opposition chief Sam Rainsy told...
Cambodia faces international action after opposition party ban
The ban of Cambodia’s largest opposition party Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) by the country’s Supreme Court ahead of elections is not at all...
Cambodia’s communal polls testing the waters for 2018 election
Cambodians in around 1,600 municipalities across the country are going to the polls on June 4 in what is seen as the biggest test...
Cambodia opposition in shock after leader’s resignation
Cambodia's opposition party met on February 12 after the surprise resignation of its founder and leader Sam Rainsy, with the movement seemingly paralysed ahead...
Cambodia opposition leader officially banned from entering the country
In a severe blow to democracy and freedom of speech in Cambodia, opposition leader Sam Rainsy, head of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP),...
Cambodia’s political mess closely watched by international community
A group of 36 countries, including the United States and Japan, issued a statement expressing their concern about the current escalation of political tensions...
Oppositions warns of looming political crisis in Cambodia
Cambodia, ironically just named the "World Best Tourism Destination 2016," seems to be running into a severe political crisis, at least when the country's...
Cambodia government sees good results in socio-economic development
Cambodia has maintained good results in socio-economic development, though the country's main opposition party has boycotted parliament for 11 months against the July election...
Massive street protests in Phnom Penh
Overshadowed by the mass rallies in Bangkok, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh on December 22,...
Cambodia’s opposition launches daily protests
The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) launched a campaign of daily demonstrations that started on December 15 in a bid to force a...
Cambodia’s opposition calls for halt to foreign investment
Cambodia’s opposition on October 29 called on the international community to refrain from investing in or providing aid to prime minister Hun Sen’s government...
ADB gets involved in Cambodia’s post-election impasse
Cambodia's opposition leader Sam Rainsy has asked the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to suspend funding to Cambodia, whose government he says was not formed...
Next mass protest in Cambodia: October 23
The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on September 28 announced that it would launch a mass protest on October 23 in order to...
Protesters clash with riot police in Phnom Penh
Violent clashes erupted on September 15 in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh between opposition party protesters and riot police, leaving at least one person dead...
Hun Sen confirmed as Cambodia’s election winner
Cambodia's election commission announced on September 8 that its official result showed the ruling party of Prime Minister Hun Sen, the Cambodian People's Party (CPP),...
Cambodia: 20,000 rally over disputed elections
Around 20,000 protesters gathered in Phnom Penh on September 7 in a so far peaceful rally to demand a probe of the results of...
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