Cambodians are voting in an election that will not feature the only serious challenger to the rule of Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has been in power since 1985. Critics have called the vote a sham as the Cambodia National Rescue Party, which narrowly lost the last election, has been …
KAMPONG SPEU, Cambodia (Reuters) – Whoever wins Cambodia’s general election next week, 27-year-old Khen Srey Touch knows only that she will have to keep working hard for years to come. Women work on the production line at Complete Honour Footwear Industrial, a footwear factory owned by a Taiwan company, in …
How has the CNRP fallen so far, so fast? The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) took years to form but weeks to fully unravel. The party’s two key leaders, Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha, thwarted early attempts at a union with insults and sideways glances before merging their two …
The ruling elite can no longer simply ignore the opinions of the Cambodian public. The July 2013 election was a critical moment in Cambodia’s politics. Although driven by different motives, all political factions and the general public could finally reach a consensus: It was time to get serious about reform. …