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Cambodia's relocation of people from UNESCO site raises concerns
RUN TA EK, Cambodia (AP) — It's been more than a year since Yem Srey Pin moved with her family from the village where she was born on Cambodia's Angkor UNESCO World Heritage site to Run Ta Ek, a dusty new settlement about 25 kilometers (15 miles) away. A tattered Cambodian flag...
Cambodia's prime minister sounds a sour note on trucks' musical horns
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 pioneering post-Khmer Rouge era Phnom Penh Post newspaper will stop print publication
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The Phnom Penh Post, a newspaper founded in 1992 as Cambodia sought to re-establish stability and democracy after decades of war and unrest, said Friday that it will stop publishing in print this month, the latest blow to the country's dwindling independent media. ...
Cambodia's ruling party wins Senate election, paving the way for Hun Sen to act as its president
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The long-ruling Cambodian People’s Party has won an expected landslide victory in the election for the country’s Senate, the National Election Committee has confirmed. The committee on Monday began releasing results by constituency, after earlier...
Tep Vong, the leader of Cambodia's Buddhist community, dies at 93
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Tep Vong, the senior monk who headed Cambodia’s Buddhist community and was vital for its rejuvenation in the wake of the Khmer Rouge genocide in the late 70s, has died. He was 93. Cambodia's Ministry of Cult and Religion said Tep Vong died Monday...
Cambodia's new prime minister wins lawmakers' approval for his youngest brother to become his deputy
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Six months after becoming Cambodia's new prime minister, the eldest son of the country's long-serving autocratic leader on Wednesday won approval from lawmakers to have his youngest brother take the post of deputy premier. The development is the latest...
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet visits Thailand with busy schedule to extend close ties
BANGKOK (AP) — Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet on Wednesday made his first official visit to neighboring Thailand since becoming his country’s leader last year, seeking to renew the close ties the two countries have maintained in recent times. In addition to meeting with his...
Cambodia's ruling party claims a leading rights activist defamed it and seeks $500,000 in damages
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...
