Ex-PM ruled as prioritising private interests over nation's, damaging its reputation, resulting in loss of public confidence

PHNOM PENH, July 30 — When weeks of tensions escalated into a major border conflict with Thailand last week, former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen appeared to take charge of his country's response.

BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH, July 24 — A Thai F-16 fighter jet bombed targets in Cambodia today, both sides said, as weeks of tension over a border dispute escalated into clashes that have killed at least nine civilians, including a child.

BANGKOK, June 30 — Thousands of protesters rallied in the Thai capital Bangkok on Saturday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, piling pressure on a government at risk of collapse over a border dispute with neighbouring Cambodia.

ARANYAPRATHET, June 26 — Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Cambodia’s influential former leader Hun Sen are visiting different parts of their disputed land border today as tensions simmer between the two neighbours over a territorial dispute and the Thai government teeters on the brink of collapse.

BANGKOK, June 19 — Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has apologised to the public over a leaked phone conversation with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen that has sparked widespread anger.

BANGKOK, June 19 — The government of Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is hanging by a thread today with coalition partners weighing whether to stay in the alliance following the withdrawal of a major player that could sink her administration.

BANGKOK, June 19 — Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra-led Pheu Thai Party has affirmed its support for the government’s approach in resolving the ongoing border dispute with Cambodia through peaceful methods, amid tensions within the ruling coalition.

BANGKOK, June 18 — Thailand's Bhumjaithai Party on Wednesday withdrew from Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's government in a major blow to the embattled premier, leaving her ruling coalition with only a slim majority.

NAYPYIDAW, May 9 — Myanmar’s military chief discussed plans to hold an election in the country with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen in talks this week, a senior official said, even as the ruling junta faces unprecedented pressure from an expanding armed resistance.

ISTANBUL, Sept 23 — The July general elections in Cambodia have been 'widely assessed as free and fair, credible, and just,' newly-elected Prime Minister Hun Manet said yesterday in his maiden address to the United Nations (UN).

Phnom Penh, July 26 — Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Wednesday he will step down and hand over power to his son next month, ending a near four-decade reign that has in recent years overseen an erosion of democracy in the Southeast Asian country.

PHNOM PENH, July 24 — Cambodia's ruling party said on Monday it had won the majority of parliamentary seats in a weekend election, as critics including the United States slammed the poll as 'neither free nor fair'.

PHNOM PENH, July 23 — Polls opened in a one-sided election in Cambodia on Sunday that is certain to prolong the ruling party's dominance of politics, clearing the path for a historic leadership transition and the end of the reign of one of the world's longest-serving premiers.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul is on an official visit to Cambodia for five days, starting today at the invitation of its government.

PHNOM PENH, July 20 — Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Thursday that some 333 foreign observers and dignitaries from 65 countries and international institutions will visit the country to observe the seventh general election (GE), to be held on Sunday, reported Xinhua.

PHNOM PENH, July 2 — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday (July 1) commenced his ruling party's campaign for an election later this month — a poll that has been criticised as a sham after the main opposition party was prevented from running.

PHNOM PENH, May 6 — Cambodia hosted the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games for the first time in 64 years, expressing confidence that the biennial multi-sport event would give a boost to the tourism industry in the post-Covid-19 pandemic era, reported Xinhua.

PHNOM PENH, March 27 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has expressed appreciation to his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen for the latter’s support in bringing back Malaysian victims of a job scam syndicate in Cambodia.

PHNOM PENH, March 27 — Malaysia and Cambodia are looking forward to enhancing cooperation in investment, halal industry, digital technology, education and defence, to further strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries.