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Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) walks with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen during a meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on October 13, 2016. Photo: AFP / Tang Chhin Sothy

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Cambodia eyes Silk Road connectivity

by Asia Unhedged April 7, 2017February 18, 2020

U.S. Navy Builder 3rd Class Zavier Favila, center, and a Cambodian worker apply stucco to the walls of a school in Cambodia. Photo: U.S. Navy/Released

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Cambodia dumps US military aid, echoing trend in Southeast Asia

by Asia Unhedged April 6, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Richard M. Nixon points to a map during a press conference on Vietnam and Cambodia in Washington, D.C. on 30 April 1970. Photo: AFP / National Archives

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Cambodia, US duel over Vietnam War debt

by David Hutt March 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Hambantota port in Sri Lanka has been taken over by China for 99 years. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Cambodia, Sri Lanka and the China debt trap

by Veasna Var and Sovinda Po March 27, 2017February 18, 2020

An image of Kem Ley inside a wreath laid in his honor at his funeral at Wat Chas in Phnom Penh. Photo: Daniel de Carteret/ Anadolu Agency

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Killer of Cambodian government critic gets life in jail

by Agence France-Presse March 23, 2017February 18, 2020

A member of the youth wing of the National Front, Malaysia's ruling coalition, holds a placard at a protest at the North Korea embassy, following the murder of Kim Jong-nam in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

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Tougher scrutiny for North Korean-Southeast Asian ties

by Bertil Lintner March 20, 2017February 18, 2020

A microfinance customer in Cambodia holds a loan denominated in the local currency, the riel. Photononstop via AFP / Philippe Lissac

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Small is beautiful, and profitable, in Cambodia

by Peter Janssen March 17, 2017February 18, 2020

Sok An (left), Hun Sen's top deputy in his long ruling Cambodian People's Party-led government, died of ill-health on Wednesday. Reuters / Samrang Pring

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Hun Sen loses his right-hand man

by David Hutt March 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) walks with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen during a meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on October 13, 2016. Photo: AFP / Tang Chhin Sothy

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Hun Sen sings a different tune on China

by David Hutt March 3, 2017February 18, 2020

Cambodian construction workers work at a port in the country's Kandal province in a file photo. Prime Minister Hun Sen's government is appealing to foreign investors to build up the country's laggard infrastructure. Photo: Reuters / Samrang Pring

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Hun Sen campaigns for more foreign direct investment

by Peter Janssen March 3, 2017February 18, 2020

President of the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) and Prime Minister Hun Sen attends a ceremony at the party headquarters to mark the 65th anniversary of the establishment of the party in Phnom Penh June 28, 2016. REUTERS/Samrang Pring - RTX2ILH9

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Political risks threaten economic gains in Cambodia

by David Hutt March 3, 2017February 18, 2020

Kem Sokha (right) is now the leader of the leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party. Photo: AFP / Tang Chhin Sothy

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Cambodian opposition party makes Kem Sokha new leader

by Agence France-Presse March 2, 2017February 18, 2020

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen gestures as he arrives for a family photo with other ASEM leaders outside Ulaanbaatar. Photo: Reuters/Damir Sagolj

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Legal demise of Cambodian democracy

by David Hutt February 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy stepped down as president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party on Saturday. The exiled politician and his party members have come under rising political pressure ahead of crucial elections. Photo: AFP / Tang Chhin Sothy

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Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy steps aside

by David Hutt February 12, 2017February 18, 2020

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen speaks to media in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy

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In Duterte’s footsteps, Hun Sen launches a drug war

by David Hutt February 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia, speaking on the World Economic Forum on East Asia in 2010.

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Cambodian prime minister bans Taiwanese flag

by Liu Hsiu Wen February 7, 2017February 7, 2017

The war on drugs in Asia continues. Photo: AFP

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Getting organized on Asia’s drug trade

by Roderic Broadhurst February 7, 2017February 18, 2020

United States personnel prepare a coffin at the Phnom Penh International Airport during a repatriation ceremony on April 2, 2014. Remains believed to belong to missing US military service members found in Cambodia's Kampong Cham province were repatriated back to the US in a ceremony. The US Embassy said that ninety American soldiers were originally missing in Cambodia from the Vietnam Conflict, thirty-seven individuals have been recovered and identified, while 53 remain missing. Photo: Reuters / Samrang Pring

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Ahead of Trump, Cambodia edges further away from US

by David Hutt January 23, 2017February 18, 2020

A still from White Building. Photo: Courtesy of Anti-Archive

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Turning cinematic dreams into reality

by Mathew Scott January 22, 2017February 18, 2020

The sun rises over a building under construction in Phnom Penh. Photo: AFP / TANG CHHIN SOTHY

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Why Chinese cash will continue to feed Phnom Penh bubble

by Antonio Graceffo January 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Cambodian workers walk past a construction site in Phnom Penh. Photo: AFP / TANG CHHIN SOTHY

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Down but not out: Phnom Penh’s housing market

by Antonio Graceffo January 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Cambodian protesters and rights activists march in front of the National Assembly building with mock cardboard houses to mark the 30th World Habitat Day in Phnom Penh on October 5, 2015. The protesters used the day to call on the government to stop forced evictions across the country. Land evictions are one of the foremost human rights issues in Cambodia, with residents' claims over land routinely ignored and protests frequently facing violent crackdowns by authorities. AFP PHOTO / TANG CHHIN SOTHY / AFP PHOTO / TANG CHHIN SOTHY

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Cambodian demonstrators, guards clash at land rights protest

by Kenny Hodgart January 21, 2017

Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy (front left) raises hands with Kem Sokha in 2014. Photo: AFP / Tang Chhin Sothy

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Divide and rule: Cambodia’s opposition in pre-election test

by David Hutt January 12, 2017February 18, 2020

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Fresh sand controversy in Cambodia

by Poo Yee Kai January 3, 2017January 3, 2017

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi attends a meeting event with Myanmar citizens residing in Japan in Tokyo, Japan November 2, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Issei Kato

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Myanmar’s elusive prize preening

by Gary Kleiman January 2, 2017January 1, 2017

A screen grab from the trailer for Laos film, Banana Pancakes and the Children of Sticky Rice. Director Daan Veldhuizen will host a Q&A after the screening. Photo: Banana Pancakes and the Children of Sticky Rice trailer

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Sundance of the Southeast gives little voices a forum

by Ron Gluckman December 2, 2016February 18, 2020

Cambodia's Prime Minister, Hun Sen, says he really wants Donald Trump to win the US presidential election. Photo: Reuters/Samrang Pring

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‘I really want Trump to win’ says Cambodia’s Hun Sen

by Reuters November 3, 2016February 18, 2020

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These rail projects will transform travel in Southeast Asia

by James Clark November 3, 2016November 2, 2016

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Travel: Tourists to Cambodia on the rise

by Admin May 19, 2016May 19, 2016

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Economic monitor: Cambodia’s fleeting financial limelight gamble

by Gary Kleiman February 9, 2016February 11, 2016