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US Renews Call for Cambodia to Reverse ‘Backtracking’ on Democracy

Hun Sen Declares ‘Mission Accomplished’ in Crackdown on ‘Color Revolutionaries’

The United States, European Union, and United Nations have all condemned the Cambodian government’s actions.

Cambodian-Americans Protest at White House Against Democratic Decline

The protest was led by several former lawmakers from the Cambodia National Rescue Party, which was dissolved by court order in November.

EU Cuts Funding to Cambodia Election Body as Pressure Mounts on Hun Sen

The E.U. had previously announced some $8 million of funding for next year’s general election.

Language of 'First They Killed My Father' Resonates With Cambodian-Americans

'Hearing Cambodian actors tell their nation's story in their language hit us hard … the Khmer-language is so real I couldn't bear it'.

Indonesian Official Suggests Jakarta Wants to See ‘More Democratic’ Cambodia: Former Opposition Lawmaker

Mu Sochua’s presence in Jakarta was in defiance of a threat of arrest and extradition from Hun Sen against opposition politicians if they visited Asian countries to lobby for the CNRP.

EU Reviewing Cambodia Relations, Election Support: Ambassador

George Edgar added that E.U. inspectors were also assessing Cambodia’s eligibility for the preferential trading scheme known as Everything But Arms.

Cambodia Claims Washington ‘Trying to Destroy Relations’ as U.S. Imposes Travel Restrictions

The State Department declined to name which Cambodians had been specifically targeted by the visa ban.

Election Body Defends ‘Neutral’ Stance After Opposition Seats Redistributed

Both Funcinpec and the CNP assumed seats vacated by the CNRP after the court decision last month.

Hun Sen: North Korea’s Missile Test Concerns Superpowers, But Cambodia is Not on Its Radar

For Vann Molyvann’s 100 Houses, Little Hope of Conservation

The National Bank of Cambodia chose Vann Molyvann to work on a private project to build 100 identical houses on a plot for their workers in Teuk Tla, near Phnom Penh International Airport.

Rising Debt to China ‘Worrying’, Analyst Says

More than two-thirds of Cambodia’s $4.3 billion in bilateral debt is owed to China, according to the International Monetary Fund.

Hun Sen Leads Thousands in ‘Stability’ Ceremony After Dissolving Opposition

The government hoped the ceremony would project an image of tranquility, quite opposed to the image of political repression its critics have described in recent months.

U.S. Congressman Seeks to Rally Support for Cambodia Democratic Reform

On Thursday, Washington announced it was cutting $1.8 million in aid to the country’s national election body, a move Hun Sen claimed was intended to kill off Cambodian democracy.

Bangladesh Seeks Cambodian Support for ‘Durable Solution’ to Rohingya Crisis

Government spokesman said Cambodia’s position remains to not “internationalize” the crisis, which it sees as a bilateral issue between Myanmar and Bangladesh.

Former Opposition Lawmakers Bring Their Concerns to Washington

The opposition’s strategy is to call for international sanctions, to lobby for the release of Sokha and other political prisoners, and to pave the way for the CNRP to be allowed to contest in next year's election.

For Cambodia’s Women Entrepreneurs, Barriers to Expansion May Be Starting to Crumble

Although about 65% of all businesses in Cambodia are owned by women, they lack access to finance, training, mentorship and information that could allow more women to grow their businesses.

Garment Manufacturers Call on International Community Not to Take Measures Against Cambodia

Cambodia exported about $4.5 billion worth of products to the E.U and about $2.8 billion to the United States in 2016, according to official trade figures.

Chinese Firms Pledge $7B in New Cambodia Investment as Hun Sen in Beijing

China has backed a crackdown on Hun Sen’s political opponents, independent media outlets and civil society in recent weeks that has seen the country’s main opposition party banned amid a growing paranoia that foreign interests have plotted to overthrow him.

Bangsokol Brings a Cambodian Requiem to New York

It is the first major symphonic work to remember the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians under the rule of the Khmer Rouge regime between 1975 and 1979.