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Hun Sen (; born 5 August 1952) is the current Prime Minister of Cambodia and leader of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), which has governed Cambodia since the Vietnamese-backed overthrow of the Khmer Rouge in 1979. Since the restoration of multi-party democracy in 1993, the CPP has been in a coalition with the royalist Funcinpec party.
Read More at Wikipedia ›PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and three other Cabinet ministers have contracted swine flu and the premier is recovering after several days of medical care, the health ministry said.
Hun Sen, 59, required "urgent treatment" after Friday's weekly Cabinet meeting, the Public Health Ministry said in a brief statement released late Tuesday."After receiving treatment from medical specialists, the health of Prime Minister Hun Sen is back to normal," the statement said.The prime minister publicly mentioned last week he had come down with fever and flu-like symptoms, and he was absent from the 59th anniversary of his ruling Cambodian People's Party on Monday."Prime Minister Hun Sen has canceled some of his schedule because of his health," said government spokesman Khieu Kanharith.He said Hun Sen was still receiving medical attention, but gave no details.The statement also said that Yim Chhay Ly, one of several deputy prime ministers, and two other Cabinet-level min...About a dozen women who stripped down to their underwear were among 100 protesters outside Cambodia's National Assembly on Tuesday demanding land titles they said th...
Witnesses said Cambodian riot police hit and kicked protesters as they marched in the capital Wednesday to demand compensation for being evicted from their homes to ...
Southeast Asian leaders have called on Western countries, including the European Union, to lift punitive sanctions imposed on Burma.The leaders of the 10-member Asso...
As the sun sets and the last tourist departs his vast, fairy-tale palace, the gentle, dignified man is left almost alone with memories of happier times, before he be...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California accountant was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison in Los Angeles for orchestrating a failed attempt to overthrow the Cambodian gover...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday urged Cambodia to confront its tortured past by ensuring the Khmer Rouge are brought...
Cambodia's leader accused Thailand on Wednesday of loving war and said he wants to talk peace with his Thai counterpart at an upcoming regional meeting.In his first ...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia's main opposition party leader was convicted in absentia Thursday and sentenced to 10 years in prison for a politically sensitiv...
Rescuers trawled a muddy river Tuesday for more bodies and Cambodia prepared for a day of mourning following a stampede by thousands of festival-goers that left at l...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Rescuers on Tuesday trawled a muddy river for more bodies and Cambodia prepared for a day of mourning in wake of a stampede by thousands of f...
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged civil servants to meet an upcoming deadline for making a mandatory declaration of their assets, as he took his turn.Hun Se...
The Cambodian government said part of a historic 11th-century stone temple collapsed Sunday due to heavy shelling by the Thai army as the two sides battled across th...
Human rights groups in Cambodia expressed outrage Friday over prison sentences imposed on 13 women who were protesting being evicted from their land without adequate...
A prominent environmentalist who was fatally shot last month by a policeman after investigating illegal logging was mourned Friday by more than 500 villagers who gat...
Cambodian activists say a 13-year-old girl was shot to death Wednesday in the latest of several clashes between villagers and authorities trying to evict them to mak...
Security forces fatally shot a teenage girl Wednesday during a clash with villagers armed with axes and crossbows in eastern Cambodia, in the latest of several viole...
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered a probe into the death of a prominent environmentalist during a confrontation with military police, as a U.N. human righ...
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen temporarily suspended new land concessions to private companies in an effort to ease political pressure over an issue that has trig...
A private security guard is accused of murdering a military policeman who had just fatally shot a prominent environmentalist in Cambodia, a human rights worker said ...
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