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Police told to rip out tune-playing horns and replace them with standard ones after young people seen dancing to passing lorriesThe Cambodian prime minister, Hun Manet, has ordered a ban on musical vehicle horns after videos posted on social media show…
Read MoreBattambang doesn’t have any Michelin stars but it does have street snacks like crunchy deep-fried bananas and turmeric-tinted minced-pork stuffed pancakes“Batdambng mean avei chhnganh? Anything delicious in Battambang?” crooned popular Cambodian singer…
Read MoreCountry, estimated to be owed up to $1.5trn, is increasing penalties for late payments and cutting back on infrastructure projects China has become the world’s biggest debt collector, as the money it is owed from developing countries has surged to betw…
Read MoreOrganised criminals use threats, torture and sexual violence to coerce victims to work in international scamming operations Hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked and forced to work for online scamming operations in south-east Asia run by…
Read MoreMajor powers will be watching to see if Hun Manet adopts his father’s authoritarian approach to governingCambodia’s newly elected parliament has endorsed military general Hun Manet as prime minister, completing a historic transfer of power in a fast-ch…
Read MoreHundreds of Cambodians who fled genocide and civil war are being sent back to a country they barely knowThe yellowed eyes of Phal Pen stared, unseeing, as he laid on his hospital bed, waiting for another scan at the Khmer-Russian Friendship hospital in…
Read MoreMore than 1,000 grenades found on land being cleared to expand garden of school in Kratie province, mine clearing organisation saysThousands of pieces of unexploded ordnance left over from Cambodia’s civil war have been unearthed inside a school in th…
Read MoreHun Manet has taken the reins from his authoritarian father, but it remains unclear whether he will continue the approach of stability at all costsHun Sen, Cambodia’s authoritarian leader who has ruled the country for almost four decades, has handed po…
Read MoreHardline leader announces end of four-decade rule after his party’s landslide victory in electionCambodia’s authoritarian leader, Hun Sen, has said that he will resign and hand power to his eldest son, after ruling the country for almost four decades.U…
Read MoreAuthoritarian ruler said voters who destroyed ballot papers will face legal actionCambodia’s authoritarian leader has warned voters who destroyed their ballots to turn themselves in or face legal consequences, as polls closed following a one-sided elec…
Read MoreLong-time ruler, who has ruthlessly oppressed critics, has indicated he will soon hand power to his sonCambodians have begun voting in a one-sided general election in which the country’s strongman leader will run virtually uncontested.It’s expected tha…
Read MoreHun Manet, eldest son of strongman who has ruled for four decades, faces balancing act when he inherits patronage systemWhen Cambodians go to the polls on Sunday, there is little doubt about who will be declared the winner. The only major opposition p…
Read MoreCandlelight party failed to provide registration documents, says election commission, but party says they were seized in a police raid in 2017Cambodia’s national election committee has refused to register the opposition Candlelight party, the sole cred…
Read MoreThe government has a ‘masterplan’ for the coastal province of Preah Sihanouk, with tourist meccas built on land given to elite families while the poor and powerless face the bulldozersPhotographs by Cindy Liu for The GuardianSitting on the veranda of a…
Read MoreLong-tailed macaques at risk of being killed, or laundered or re-trafficked if returned to Cambodia, animal welfare groups sayMore than a thousand Cambodian monkeys at the center of a US government investigation into wildlife trafficking are at risk of…
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