List of Cambodia articles
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President Donald Trump greets Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak outside of the West Wing of the White House on Sept. 12. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) If Trump Forgets About Human Rights in Asia, the World Will Suffer
The United States ignores massive abuses at its own peril.
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TO GO WITH Thailand-SEAsia-environment-dam,FEATURE by Amelie Bottollier-Depois This picture taken on May 29, 2013 shows a fisherman sitting on his boat as he pulls his net from the Mekong river in Wiang Kaen, a district in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai bordering Laos. The waters of the mighty Mekong have sustained generations of families but nowadays its fishermen often find their nets empty and fear hydropower mega-dams will destroy their livelihoods. AFP PHOTO / Christophe ARCHAMBAULT (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP/Getty Images) China’s Mekong Plans Threaten Disaster for Countries Downstream
Beijing is building hydroelectric dams and dredging to allow bigger boats as worries of environmental devastation grow.
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Cambodian police man a barricade outside a prison in Trapaing Phlong in Tbong Khmum province on September 11, 2017, where opposition leader Kem Sokha is being held after being detained last week. Politicians from Cambodia's embattled opposition movement on September 11 protested outside the far-flung border prison where their leader has been held for alleged treason, as strongman premier Hun Sen threatened to dissolve a party floundering under his protracted crackdown. / AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) While Cambodian Democracy Withers, Washington Stands Aloof
While Obama’s “pivot” to Asia gave rights advocates cause for hope, Washington’s longstanding indifference to Cambodia ensured minimal leverage.
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Cambodian people cover their heads with local newspapers as they wait to pray for the late former King Norodom Sihanouk at the cremation site near the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on February 2, 2013. A sea of mourners filled the streets of the Cambodian capital on February 1, for a lavish funeral for revered former king Norodom Sihanouk, who towered over six tumultuous decades in his nation's history. AFP PHOTO/TANG CHHIN SOTHY (Photo credit should read TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP/Getty Images) The ‘Cambodia Daily’ Is Dying in Darkness
Cambodia’s autocratic leader is trying to shut down his country’s most celebrated journalistic training ground.
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Supporter of Cambodian People Party (CPP) ride their motorbikes during the Commune Election Campaign in Phnom Penh on May 21, 2017. Tuk-tuks blaring pop music and flag-waving party faithful on Saturday led a rally by Cambodia's embattled opposition for upcoming commune elections, a bellwether for efforts to end the three-decade rule of strongman Hun Sen in next year's national polls. / AFP PHOTO / TANG CHHIN SOTHY (Photo credit should read TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP/Getty Images) Cambodian Democracy Makes Its Last Gasps
An indifferent United States and assertive China have emboldened one of Asia’s longest-serving leaders to embrace outright authoritarianism.
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Cambodian protesters burn Vietnamese flags during a protest in front of the Vietnamese embassy in Phnom Penh on October 8, 2014. Cambodian protesters demanded Vietnam to recognise that Kampuchea Krom, which is now a part of Vietnam, is Cambodia's former territory. AFP PHOTO/ TANG CHHIN SOTHY (Photo credit should read TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP/Getty Images) Cambodia Wants China as Its Neighborhood Bully
Phnom Penh's pivot toward Beijing has less to do with the United States than hatred for Vietnam.
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A security officer assists former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea at the tribunal in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh on February 4, 2008. Nuon Chea sought to delay his first public hearing before Cambodia's genocide tribunal, saying that he needed his foreign lawyer to appeal his detention by the court. AFP PHOTO / POOL/ CHOR SOKOUNTHEA (Photo credit should read CHOR SOKOUNTHEA/AFP/Getty Images) Cambodians Need Somebody to Speak for Their Ghosts
The U.N. tribunal that just upheld Khmer Rouge convictions is slow, biased -- and entirely indispensable.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Dictators Everywhere Are Stumping for Trump
From Cambodia to Zimbabwe to North Korea, the Republican nominee has cornered the authoritarian autocrat demographic.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless
The family of Cambodian dictator Hun Sen sits on at least $200 million. But it might not save them from populist anger.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Cambodian PM: Never Mind, Don’t Call Me Lord Prime Minister and Supreme Military Commander
The Cambodian prime minister has walked back on a request that journalists call him by his full name.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen Shows Off His Beach Bod to Celebrate Ramadan
Heads of state tend to use social media to proliferate flattering images of themselves. Not Hun Sen.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Cambodian Leader: That’s ‘Lord Prime Minister and Supreme Military Commander’ To You
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has demanded that reporters refer to him using his official title.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Cambodian PM Says He Won’t Pay Up on $5,000 Mayweather v. Pacquiao Bet
The comment is somewhat startling given that the Cambodian government forbids its citizens from gambling.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ever Again
We know a lot about genocide. So why do we keep letting it happen?
