Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen speaks to the media during a press conference at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, April 7, 2020.

Cambodia Defends Decision to Hire US Lobbying Firm to Improve Its Image

The government has agreed to pay Qorvis nearly US $70,000 a month for strategic communications services.

A contract signed by Cambodia’s ambassador to the United States, Chum Sounry, with the the Washington, D.C. lobby firm Qorvis Communications, Sept. 15, 2021.

Cambodia to Pay $70,000 a Month to Washington Lobby Firm

2021-09-23

Qorvis has agreed to “provide strategic communications and media relations services in support of increasing public awareness along with travel and tourism for the Kingdom of Cambodia.”

Unemployed Cambodian migrant workers Yat nem stands beside a bag of plasctic bottles she collected to sell in Thailand's capital Bangkok, Sept. 11, 2021.

Cambodian Migrants Facing Lack of Jobs at Home Want to Return to Thailand

2021-09-22

The laborers have been crossing the border illegally to try to find work.

Self-exiled Cambodian opposition party founder Sam Rainsy speaks during an interview with Reuters at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 10, 2019.

Leader of Cambodia’s Banned Opposition Party Would Offer Amnesty to Hun Sen

2021-09-22

“If we continue to seek revenge we will never have closure,” Sam Rainsy says.

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, the home ground of the French soccer club Saint-Etienne, in a Feb. 17, 2019 file photo.

Partners of Cambodian Prince Bidding for French Soccer Club Linked to FIFA ‘Bribery’ Case

2021-09-21

Prince Norodom Ravichak, a nephew of King Norodom Sihamoni, has a public image of a businessman and philanthropist.

Hun Sen (left) and Thailand-based exile academic Seng Sary (right).

Cambodia PM Hun Sen Walks Back Death Threat on Exiled Scholar

2021-09-20

Political analysts urge wariness about promises from Hun Sen.

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen speaks during a handover ceremony of the China-funded Morodok Techo National Stadium in Phnom Penh, Sept. 12, 2021.

Cambodia PM Says He Crashed Opposition Zoom Talk to Warn ‘Rebels’

2021-09-16

The strongman called the stunt a “clear message to the rebels that there are people of Hun Sen everywhere.”

Pang Soda (C), defrocked on Sept. 2 by Kompong Cham Buddhist authorities in Cambodia, is shown in an undated photo.

Defrocked Khmer Krom Monk Jailed in Cambodia for ‘Obstructing’ COVID-19 Measures

2021-09-16

The activist monk belongs to the Khmer Krom ethnic minority group marginalized in Cambodia, where they are often considered Vietnamese.

A screen shot of Hun Sen making a surprise appearance in a Zoom meeting with activists and former lawmakers of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, which his government banned four years ago, Sept. 9, 2021.

Cambodia’s Ruling Party Denies Hun Sen Crashed Banned Opposition Party’s Online Meeting

2021-09-15

Viral video and audio of the meeting are edited fabrications, ruling party says.

Police in Cambodia's Kandal province set up roadblocks to prevent villagers from accessing their land, Sept. 7, 2021.

Cambodian Villagers Arrested Over Airport Land Dispute

2021-09-13

Police in Kandal province are holding 31 villagers for alleged involvement in violence against authorities.

Cambodian youths carry the belongings of migrant workers as they arrive in the city of Poipet after crossing the Thai-Cambodian border in northeastern Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province, in a file photo.

Cambodian Migrant Workers Complain of Extended Quarantines Amid COVID Surge

2021-09-10

Some say that close confinement and poor hygiene in isolation facilities are making the situation worse.

Cambodian Court Sentences Seven Opposition Activists to Prison in Absentia For ‘Incitement’

2021-09-09

The seven had criticized Prime Minister Hun Sen for his response to the coronavirus.

Oum Reatrey (2nd from L), governor of northwestern Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province, receives some of the 10 tons of longans purchased by the central government to distribute to officials in his province, in Battambang, Aug. 30, 2021.

Cambodian Buying Schemes Fail to Assuage Longan Growers Hit by Low Prices

2021-09-07

One farmer was jailed for 10 months over a Facebook post complaining about no-show government purchasers.

Police in Cambodia's Kandal province set up roadblocks to prevent villagers from inspecting their land, Sept. 7, 2021.

Cambodian Police Bar Villagers From Land Seized for New Airport

2021-09-07

They were forced by economic hardships to farm again on land already seized for construction, but authorities destroyed their crops.

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