Tag: Hun Sen

Cambodian ruling party scores landslide win in commune polls

The 1,646 communes of Cambodia are the subdivisions of districts and municipalities.

June 24, 2022

Rescuers scour rubble as Cambodia building collapse toll rises to 17

At least 1,000 rescue workers, soldiers, police, medics and Chinese construction experts have been deployed to the site.

June 23, 2019

Khmer Rouge verdict

Gut-churning visuals of a row of skulls of the victims of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia confirm what they call the “Nuremberg moment” ~ a horrendous phase that alas has lapsed in the limbo of history. The chief significance of Friday’s judgment must be that two most senior Khmer Rouge leaders, who are still...

November 18, 2018

Opposition hit, Press hit and Hun Sen won the election

Hun Sen and the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) won a recent landslide victory in the Southeast Asian country. After outlawing the main opposition party that challenged the ruling CPP, Hun Sen secured more than 80 per cent of the popular vote and well over 100 of the 125 contested seats in the National Assembly. Despite...

August 20, 2018

Analysis: Hun Sen’s victory means more of the same for Cambodia

Early estimates indicate that Hun Sen’s party, the Cambodian People’s Party, may in fact have won every single seat in the National Assembly

July 31, 2018

Cambodia goes to the polls on July 29

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is expected to easily win another five years in power, having ruled the country for over 30 years.

July 27, 2018

PM Modi holds bilateral meet with Cambodian PM Hun Sen

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held delegation level talks with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen in the national capital, officials said. The two leaders are believed to have discussed a wide range of issues with regard to India-Cambodia ties while signing key agreements to bolster bilateral cooperation. Beginning his one-day state visit, Hun Sen was...

January 27, 2018

Cambodian PM Hun Sen pays floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat

Beginning his one-day state visit, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday  offered floral tributes to father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi at his memorial at Rajghat. Hun Sen arrived here on Wednesday to attend the Commemorative Summit hosted by India on Thursday to mark 25 years of the India-Asean Dialogue Partnership and was given a ceremonial...

January 27, 2018