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Hun Sen rebukes Sam Rainsy over French media interview

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday rebuked opposition leader Sam Rainsy for telling a French newspaper that a high-profile dinner between their families last month was an example of how the premier has turned over a new leaf in a life of tyranny. ...

Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-rebukes-sam-rainsy-over-french-media-interview-92650/

Hun Sen admires education reforms

Prime Minister Hun Sen admired the ministry of education for doing good job at education reforming during the national exam in the last two years.​ ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/hun-sen-admires-education-reforms-8891

UK doesn’t have requested maps: Cameron

British Prime Minister David Cameron has written to Prime Minister Hun Sen informing him that his government does not have copies of a map of Cambodia’s border with Vietnam that Mr. Hun Sen requested from him last month. ...

Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/uk-doesnt-have-requested-maps-cameron-92543/

Hun Sen thanks UN for maps; opposition CNRP not satisfied

Prime Minister Hun Sen thanked the U.N. on Sunday for providing maps that he said prove that the government had upheld the law in its work demarcating the country’s border with Vietnam. ...

Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-thanks-un-for-maps-opposition-cnrp-not-satisfied-92386/

Prime Minister Hun Sen: We need unity for strengthening the economy

Prime Minister Hun Sen called for the Royal Government officials in charge of hospitality service to pay high attention to fasten procedure and work effectively with private sectors to improve the country’s economy. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/prime-minister-hun-sen:-we-need-unity-for-strengthening-the-economy-8876

‘Bored’ of advice of the West, Hun Sen praises his own leadership

Prime Minister Hun Sen addressed a dinner of powerful businessmen Saturday night, claiming he could be a “professor” to Western leaders, who are beginning to bore him with their advice. ...

Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/bored-of-advice-of-the-west-hun-sen-praises-his-own-leadership/2930224.html

Hun Sen takes one last shot at Todd

Boasting of his more than 30 years’ ruling Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Saturday that he could teach a thing or two to the West about running a country while managing demands for change.The premier, who is Southeast Asia’s longest-serving current leader, recalled ...

Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-takes-one-last-shot-todd

Hun Sen surpasses 1 million likes

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook page surpassed 1 million likes yesterday, earning him a spot in the country’s top 10 most-liked pages on Cambodia’s most popular social network. ...

Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14824/hun-sen-surpasses-1-million-likes/

Police, military show support for Hun Sen on maps issue

With public statements of their own over the weekend, the national police and armed forces dutifully fell in behind Prime Minister Hun Sen’s call on Friday for swift legal action against anyone who still dared to dispute that his government was using the right maps ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-military-show-support-for-hun-sen-on-maps-issue-92354/

PM lashes out at opposition

Prime Minister Hun Sen likened opposition leaders to a gang of thieves confessing to their crimes after opposition head Sam Rainsy said his party would tame its attacks on the ruling Cambodian People’s Party regarding the Vietnam border issue. The comments came only hours after ...

Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-lashes-out-opposition-0

No second chance on exam this year: PM

The national high school exam will take place on August 24, but unlike last year there will be no second chance for those who fail, Prime Minister Hun Sen said. ...

Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14482/no-second-chance-on-exam-this-year--pm/

Senator arrested, charged on Hun Sen’s orders

Following orders from Prime Minister Hun Sen, opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour was arrested and charged with forgery and incitement over the weekend for posting an apparently fake treaty with Vietnam to Facebook. ...

Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/senator-arrested-charged-on-hun-sens-orders-91784/

PM orders senator’s arrest over Facebook post

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday ordered the arrest of opposition senator Hong Sok Hour for “treason” over a fake treaty the senator posted to Facebook that purported to show Heng Samrin, as Cambodia’s head of state in 1979, pledging to dissolve the border between ...

Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-orders-senators-arrest-over-facebook-post-91638/

Prime Minister Hun Sen to visit Australia early December on refugees

Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen plans to meet with Australian prime minister for additional talk on the implementation of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) relating to the resettlement of refugees from Nauru to Cambodia. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/prime-minister-hun-sen-to-visit-australia-early-december-on-refugees-8817

Decline in price of rubber leaves farmers scrambling

For Sam Phat and her family, the decision 10 years ago to plant rubber trees on their hectare of land was an easy one. Because of booming demand, mostly from China, rubber prices were high, and the startup cost of planting trees was low. ...

James Reddick and Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14261/decline-in-price-of-rubber-leaves-farmers-scrambling/

Ministry slams NGOs for criticism of Prime Minister

The Ministry of Women’s Affairs released a statement Thursday expressing its “grave regret” at a joint NGO statement that criticized Prime Minister Hun Sen for a speech in which he referred to an unnamed female protester as a female animal. ...

Aun Chhengpor and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-slams-ngos-for-criticism-of-prime-minister-91093/

2015: 11 China-Funded achievements inaugurated

There are 11 China-funded road and bridge construction projects in 2015, of which 8 have been broken ground and put into official use, according to the state news agency (AKP). ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/2015:-11-china-funded-achievements-inaugurated-8790

PM’s sexist epithet raises ire

Women representing dozens of civil society groups met yesterday to discuss Prime Minister Hun Sen’s recent use of derogatory language when discussing a female protester accused of injuring a security guard. ...

Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pms-sexist-epithet-raises-ire

Cambodia to benefit from China's Belt and Road initiative

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that the Southeast Asian country will benefit from the China-proposed Belt and Road initiative, according to Chinese News Agency Xinhua. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-to-benefit-from-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-8783

PM pushes for more Freedom Park arrests

On the heels of a string of prison sentences for opposition activists involved in anti-government protests in July of last year, Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered authorities to arrest more demonstrators allegedly involved in the “insurrection”, singling out but not naming seven Cambodia National ...

Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-pushes-more-freedom-park-arrests

PM tells Obama he’s not asking about bombs

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday reassured U.S. President Barack Obama that a request he made for maps of Cambodia’s border with Vietnam last month was not a request for maps of where the U.S. bombed Cambodia during the Second Indochina War. ...

Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-tells-obama-hes-not-asking-about-bombs-90602/

Premier finally speaks out on Chhouk Bandith

Breaking his long silence on the case, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called on police to bring to justice the former Bavet town governor and convicted gunman Chhouk Bandith. ...

Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/premier-finally-speaks-out-chhouk-bandith

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