Cambodia
Donor scramble as Cambodia hits undo on democracy
After 32 years at the helm, Cambodia’s Hun Sen will effectively be running uncontested at next year’s elections. The world’s longest reigning prime minister has abolished the…
‘First They Killed My Father’: A beautiful film that could help Hun Sen
Angelina Jolie has directed and produced a terrifying film in First They Killed My Father, probably the best yet about Khmer Rouge-era Cambodia. Beautifully shot and wonderfully…
Quick comment: Milton Osborne on Cambodia’s crackdown
In the middle of the night on Saturday, hundreds of police surrounded Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha's house. Despite his parliamentary immunity, they arrested him and took…
Cambodia’s dying democracy
On Monday, the highly respected English language newspaper The Cambodia Daily, under pressure from the government to shut down, published its last edition. The front page led with…
Hun Sen prepares for next year’s national elections
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen often criticises those he sees as his political enemies but even seasoned observers have been puzzled by his recent attack on English-language…
A dam at Sambor: Another Mekong domino teeters
Almost exactly 57 years ago, as a junior Australian diplomat, I accompanied a Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme engineer to what was then the remote town of Kratie in…
Electioneering in Cambodia: War debt and China’s favour
Cambodia's long-ruling Prime Minister Hun Sen made headlines earlier this month when he admonished the US over suggestions Cambodia should pay back its $500 million in war…