Although China maintains certain principles in its foreign policy, in the case of Cambodia it has also used inter-personal relationships. Despite sweeping political changes in Cambodia over the past 50 years, the Chinese government has continued to focus its relationship on former king Norodom Sihanouk, according to author Sophie Richardson, who recently released a new [...]
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Cambodia PM to attend ASEAN summit in Thailand
January 12th, 2009 
Cambodian News PHNOM PENH, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will attend the ASEAN summit to be held in the seaside town Hua Hin in Thailand in late February, said an official here on Sunday. “And the ASEAN meeting with other partners still plays a very important role,” Hor Namhong, deputy prime minister and [...]
Vietnam jails five for trafficking women to Malaysia
December 30th, 2008 Cambodian News HANOI (AFP) — A court in communist Vietnam has jailed five people for up to 17 years for trafficking women to Malaysia and forcing them to work as prostitutes, a court official and media reports said Tuesday. The gang had sent 18 women from Vietnam’s poor southern Mekong delta region to Malaysia over the past [...]
Sihanouk Delays Return From China
December 26th, 2008 Cambodian News Former king Norodom Sihanouk will not return to Cambodia from Beijing until after February, due to a resurgence of his cancer and doctors orders to rest. “Because of my cancer, my return, which was supposed to be in February 2009, will be after February,” Sihanouk wrote in a statement. Sihanouk, who is 86, was diagnosed [...]