According to the author Ieng Pisey, Hun Sen had previously “survived five major assassination attempts” on his life. The most ...
It ended on Jan 7, 1979, when Hun Sen, himself a former Khmer Rouge cadre, led Vietnamese forces into the capital to expel the murderous regime. Former prime minister Hun Sen stepped down in 2023 ...
Hun Sen joined Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge at age 18 as it fought to seize power, losing his left eye in the final battle for Phnom Penh in 1975. When a series of purges within the genocidal communist ...
The ruling party’s power “stems from control over state institutions, security forces, and economic resources rather than ...
Hun Sen first became known as a middle-tier commander in the radical communist Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s, which was blamed for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians from ...
The decree was first posted on the Telegram channel of premier Hun Sen, a former Khmer Rouge guerrilla who has ruled for nearly four decades at the helm of a fast-changing country rebounding from ...
In 2013 Cambodia enacted a similar law against denying Khmer Rouge atrocities after then-Prime Minister Hun Sen called for the measure. He claimed that a leading opposition lawmaker suggested that ...
VIENTIANE/PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodian Senate President Samdech Techo Hun Sen left here on Thursday for a two-day official visit to neighboring Laos at the invitation of Lao National Assembly ...
Lim Kimya, 74, of dual French and Cambodian nationality, had been a fierce critic of Khmer dictator Hun Sen ... which opposed then-premier Hun Sen. Political persecution was rampant under Hun ...
Prime Minister Hun Manet has shared his support for the ongoing work of a special committee which was established to conduct thorough research into traditional Khmer martial arts. The committee aims ...
VIENTIANE, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Senate President Samdech Techo Hun Sen arrived at Wattay International Airport in Lao capital Vientiane on Thursday, leading a high-level delegation for a ...