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Cambodia's prime minister sounds a sour note on trucks' musical horns

Mar. 19, 2024 21:12 PM EDT

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has ordered a ban on musical horns, after videos posted on social media showed people dancing on roads and roadsides as passing trucks blasted rhythmic little tunes. Hun Manet, who last year took over the wheel of...

Cambodia's ruling party claims a leading rights activist defamed it and seeks $500,000 in damages

Feb. 05, 2024 11:28 AM EST

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Lawyers for Cambodia’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party filed a lawsuit Monday at the order of the party's leader, former Prime Minister Hun Sen, accusing a leading rights activist of defamation and seeking damages of half a million dollars. The...

A Cambodian critic is charged with defamation over comments on Facebook

Jan. 08, 2024 06:37 AM EST

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — An outspoken critic of Cambodia’s government who was badly hurt by assailants four months ago has been arrested on a defamation complaint brought by a Cabinet member for comments he posted on Facebook. The complaint filed by Minister of Labor and...

Today in History: January 7, Truman reveals US has developed Hydrogen bomb

Jan. 07, 2024 00:07 AM EST

Today in History Today is Sunday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2024. There are 359 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 7, 1953, President Harry S. Truman announced in his State of the Union message to Congress that the United...