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The politics of Cambodia are defined within the framework of a constitutional monarchy, in which the king serves as the head of state, and the prime minister is the head of government. In practice, Cambodia is an authoritarian state, as power is centralized in the hands of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) under long-standing leader Hun Sen .
The bitter rivalry between Cambodian strongman Hun Sen and his self-exiled chief political rival Sam Rainsy has sometimes played out in deadly violence. The two titans of Cambodian politics ...
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet arrived in Beijing on Thursday on his first official trip abroad since taking office last month. The visit is a demonstration of his country's warm relations ...
The son of longtime autocratic Cambodian leader Hun Sen was sworn in Tuesday as the country's new prime minister, part of a generational change in top positions in the Southeast Asian nation. Hun ...
Canada – The Canadian embassy to Cambodia, said in a statement posted on Facebook, "With the continued intimidation of opposition parties, the Cambodian election campaign was not free or fair and voters did not have a real choice on July 23. We remain very concerned about the actions taken by Cambodian authorities with respect to elections ...
Following the defeat of South Vietnam at 1975, the communist movements in both two countries dominated political affairs, but the Khmer Rouge and Vietnamese communists became increasingly hostile to each other, leading to the Cambodian–Vietnamese War in which Vietnam occupied Cambodia for ten years. For this reason, the fear against Vietnam ...
Cambodia's government has long been accused of using the judicial system to persecute critics and political opponents. A top Cambodian opposition politician is charged with inciting disorder for ...
Cambodia's first parliamentary elections were held on 1 September 1946. The Democratic Party remained the dominant-party in Cambodian politics throughout the 1940s until the formation of the Sangkum in 1955. Sangkum was the only legal party in Cambodia from 1955 to 1970 until a military coup by Marshal Lon Nol.