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In a recent letter to its overseas party branches, the ruling CPP lays out a plan to counter the bad press it gets abroad and beef up its support among the Cambodian diaspora, currently a key source of funds for the opposition. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen last week appointed 14 high-ranking officials to a working group that is now responsible for overseeing his bodyguard unit during all events that he and his wife attend, the unit’s commander said Thursday. ...

A group of 56 rangers from the Ministry of Environment last week completed a one-month training course in Phnom Penh run by the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) to help save Cambodia’s protected areas from illegal loggers, a first for the country’s rangers. ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that he could not appoint his children in the cabinet posts even though they were qualified. “I have five children and five children-in-law. All of them have possessed degrees ranging from bachelor’s degrees to doctorate’s degrees, but I cannot ...

Lt Gen Hun Manet, son of Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen, is among the entourage of Cambodia’s deputy premier and defence minister Gen Tea Banh who arrived in Thailand Monday. ...

Cambodia never offered sanctuary for red-shirt members or those fleeing arrest in Thailand, Cambodian Defence Minister Tea Banh said Tuesday. Gen Tea Banh said Cambodian law does not allow any movement from other countries to hold political activities in the country. The whereabouts of red-shirt members ...

Deputy Prime Minister General Tea Banh, who is also Cambodia’s defence minister and led the delegation of senior commanders, said Thailand under the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) was addressing the country’s problems in a clear manner and with the aim of restoring ...

Vietnamese Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh says Vietnam is willing to co-operate with Cambodia in terrorism prevention through exchanges and joint drills, Nhan Dan reported Wednesday. The official organ of the Communist Party of Vietnam said the offer was made at a reception in Hanoi Tuesday ...

Cambodia and the United States will hold a joint military exercise dubbed “Angkor Sentinel 2014” next week, aiming to build capacity for Cambodian armed forces and bolster bilateral military ties. The annual exercise will last for ten days (April 21-30) at the Training Centre for Multinational ...

Thirty-year-old Sam Hoiy never dreamed her son would have the opportunity to live a life without the cleft lip that has always marred his otherwise delicate features. Hoiy’s seven-month-old son is one of more than 100 Cambodians being treated and screened by a team of ...

Cambodia has delayed two of its military cooperation programs with Australia, the Australian Defense Department said Thursday, after it emerged this week that U.S.-backed programs had also been postponed following the July 28 national election. Dave Gordge, first secretary and deputy head of mission at the ...

The government on Wednesday insisted that its decision to postpone U.S.-backed military assistance programs following the July 28 election would not have a negative impact on relations between the two countries. Marie Harf, the spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department, also said on Tuesday that ...