Mar 24, 2010 | Cultural, Politics, UPI Asia Online
Washington, DC, United States, — No stone has been left unturned by writers in Cambodia and abroad in exposing the Hun Sen regime’s violations of human rights and lack of good governance. Endless appeals for change have been made by reputable national and...
Nov 29, 2009 | Cultural, Politics, UPI Asia Online
Washington, DC, United States, — A “progressive and systematic overhaul” of its society is what Cambodia needs, according to Dr. Naranhkiri Tith, a specialist in country risk analysis, former civil servant with the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development and a former...
Oct 14, 2009 | Cultural, Politics, UPI Asia Online
Washington, DC, United States, — Cambodia’s missteps in the pursuit of a foreign policy of neutrality led to the removal from power of the Cambodian head of state, Prince Norodom Sihanouk, in a U.S.-backed military coup in 1970, and the Vietnam War spread into...
Sep 2, 2009 | Cultural, Politics, UPI Asia Online
Washington, DC, United States, — In one respect, August was not a good month for Asia’s daughters. It began with the death of the Philippines’ first female president, Corazon Aquino, 76, after a yearlong battle against colon cancer. Then came the Aug. 4 municipal...
Jul 22, 2009 | Cultural, Politics, UPI Asia Online
Washington, DC, United States, — U.S. President Barack Obama’s speech to a special session of Ghana’s Parliament during his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa earlier this month could well have been addressed to Cambodia’s Parliament and the Cambodian people. “We must...
Jul 8, 2009 | Cultural, Politics, UPI Asia Online
Washington, DC, United States, — In 1991 there were high hopes for Cambodia’s future. The brutal regime of Pol Pot had been knocked from power; guerilla warfare between the four Cambodian factions was being transformed from a shooting war to a contest at the ballot...
