Politics

4 June 2025
Damaged cars are seen outside the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh on Jan. 29, 2003, following nationalist riots in the Cambodian capital.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet speaks during the Future of Asia conference in Tokyo on May 30. (Photo by Tomoki Mera) 
The Future of Asia 2025

Cambodia PM urges 'industrial recalibrations' under Trump tariff pressure

Hun Manet says 'peace above all else' after border clash with Thailand

30 May 2025
Cambodian Chief of Army Mao Sophan, left, meets with Thailand Chief of Army Gen. Pana Claewplodtook at a border checkpoint in Surin province, Thailand, on May 29. (Photo by Thai Royal Thai Army/AP)
International relations

Thai and Cambodian armies agree to seek peaceful solutions at disputed border

Both sides aim to cool tensions after clash that resulted in Cambodian soldier's death

30 May 2025
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra being received by her Cambodian counterpart Prime Minster Hun Manet in Phnom Penh's Peace Palace on April 23. (Agence Kampuchea Press) 
International relations

One dead after troops clash in disputed Thai-Cambodian border area

Cambodian army spokesperson said Thai side opened fire first

28 May 2025
Sailors stand guard near fuel boats at the Cambodian Ream Naval Base, a Chinese-backed infrastructure project in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, in July 2019. 
Opinion

Cambodia's deep dependence on China lets Beijing bypass tariffs

The US trade war has pushed Phnom Penh to decide on a position

17 May 2025
An artist's impression of Phnom Penh's Techo Takhmao International Airport, the first phase of which is scheduled to open on July 10. (Screenshot from Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation's website)
International relations

US assesses financial support for construction of Cambodia airport

Move comes despite bilateral tariff and aid funding tensions

16 May 2025
Signs written in Chinese can be found lining the streets of Bavet, Cambodia. (Photo by Yuji Nitta)
Economy

'China here, China there': Cambodian city reshaped by Chinese money

Manufacturing influx brings competition for labor and energy

11 May 2025
The JS Bungo, a Japanese Self-Defense Force minesweeper, docks at Cambodia's Ream Naval Base for a two-day visit on April 19. (Photo by Media Pool) 
Defense

Japanese minesweepers dock at controversial Cambodian naval base

Visit puts spotlight on Southeast Asian nation's military ties with China

22 April 2025
Prince Sirik Matak, left, Cambodia's acting prime minister, sits in the Oval Office with President Richard Nixon in 1971. The prince was brutally murdered by the Khmer Rouge in 1975 after rebuking the U.S. for its perfidy in abandoning Cambodia.
International relations

Xi Jinping visits Phnom Penh on anniversary of U.S. humiliation

Americans, who fled Cambodia in 1975, are again losing it to China

18 April 2025
Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a welcome ceremony at Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh on April 17. 
International relations

Xi Jinping calls Cambodia 'priority in neighborhood diplomacy'

Chinese president implies further support but avoids direct mention of iconic canal

17 April 2025
A Chinese-flagged ship is seen at Cambodia's Ream naval port in late March. (Photo obtained by Nikkei)
Defense

Cambodia completes China-backed expansion of Ream Naval Base

Port near South China Sea 'has no hidden intentions,' Prime Minister Hun Manet says

7 April 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, is expected to reset bilateral relations during a predicted visit to Cambodia this month, where he is set to meet Prime Minister Hun Manet, left. (Photos by Reuters)
International relations

Xi Jinping expected to visit Cambodia this month to cement ties

China looking to fill areas left vacant by U.S. cuts to foreign aid

2 April 2025
Students board the Khmer Rouge tribunal's education bus during its visit to Hun Sen Trapeang Prasat High School in Oddar Meanchey province. (Photo by Anton L. Delgado)
Education

Khmer Rouge tribunal launches education bus for rural Cambodians

Vast trove of digital archives visits remote areas for the first time

21 March 2025
Ekkalak Phaenoi, a suspect in the assassination of a former politician with the long-since-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party, is escorted by police officers in Bangkok on Jan. 11.
International relations

Cambodian activists in Thailand on edge after Bangkok killing

Rights campaigners say governments cooperating to pursue dissidents

2 February 2025
Hun Manet (L) and his wife arrive to attend the gala dinner during the 44th and 45th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits in Vientiane on October 2024.
Opinion

Cambodia in 2025: Hun family faces external pressure and internal unrest

Father and son 'stuck' between sovereignty spats, Trump's hawks and nationalist dissent

24 December 2024
Fishermen are pictured at work on Tonle Sap lake. Cambodia's fishing communities fear for the sustainability of their livelihoods as the nation's development stokes its demand for energy. (Photo by Vutha Srey)
Big in Asia

Cambodia's giant lake shrinks as climate change, Mekong dams cut fish supply

Tonle Sap communities count cost of hydropower drive clashing with food security needs

14 December 2024
An oil rig in the Gulf of Thailand: Moves by the Thai government to settle overlapping claims with Cambodia in the sea are threatening to cause a political crisis for Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra. (Photo by AFP/Jiji)
Energy

Gas-rich waters stir political trouble for Thailand: 5 things to know

Move to settle overlapping claims with Cambodia upsets anti-Thaksin conservatives

13 December 2024
Prak Sokhonn in Jakarta on July 13, 2023. Phnom Penh has brought back Prak as foreign minister as it prepares for an antagonistic relationship with the Trump administration.
Opinion

Cambodia knows it is cornered over its cyberscam industry

The U.S. will soon have a coherent Cambodia policy; Phnom Penh is rightfully worried

13 December 2024
Demonstrators protest the negotiations with Cambodia in front of the prime minister's office in Bangkok on Nov. 22. (Photo by Kosuke Inoue)
Politics

Thai government roiled by opposition to Cambodia joint gas projects

Conservative party stirs up public backlash, calls for halt to negotiations

26 November 2024
NTT Docomo, along with NEC, looks to capture demand in Southeast Asia for non-Chinese telecom equipment. (Photo by Kai Fujii)
Telecommunication

Chasing Huawei, Japan's NTT Docomo and NEC plan Cambodia 5G project

Tokyo to provide aid to counter China's dominance in the sector

26 October 2024
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken presents Mech Dara with the TIP Report Hero award at the release of the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report at the State Department in Washington in June 2023.
Opinion

The detention of a Cambodian journalist needs more than 'statements'

More decisive actions such as visa bans are needed

5 October 2024
Supporters of the now-barred opposition Candlelight Party wave flags at a campaign rally for the local elections in Phnom Penh in May 2022.
Opinion

The world must not stand by as autocrats steal elections

Examples of Cambodia and Venezuela underscore a troubling trend

21 September 2024
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, right, stands in the rain with Atsushi Ueno, the Japanese ambassador to Cambodia, at the port project completion ceremony on Sept. 12. (Photo by Yuji Nitta)
Supply Chain

Cambodia's Japan-funded port to quintuple capacity

Sihanoukville port anticipated to become major economic gateway for country

19 September 2024
A view of Funan-Techo Canal, a 180-km venture set to connect the Mekong River in Cambodia's Kandal province to the Gulf of Thailand.
Opinion

The Gulf of Thailand may be the next U.S.-China flashpoint

Beijing's backing of Cambodian infrastructure could alter regional balance of power

2 September 2024
NagaWorld in Phnom Penh. The NagaCorp casino group is saddled with a Vladivostok project that was put on ice due to the Ukraine war. (Photo by Masayori Ishikawa)
Media & Entertainment

Cambodia's NagaCorp 'open' to sale of stalled Russia casino

Chairman weighs all options as Vladivostok impairment charge tips group into red

28 August 2024
Hun Manet, then nominee for Cambodia's prime minister, stands outside the National Assembly in Phnom Penh in August 2023.
22 August 2024
The new Techo Takhmao International Airport, under construction outside Phnom Penh on March 12. (Photo by Hiroki Endo)
Transportation

Cambodia resolves Phnom Penh airport tensions with new rights grant

France's Vinci to operate capital's new Chinese-built international gateway

14 August 2024
The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Hun Manet and others. (Photo by Yuji Nitta)
International relations

Cambodia breaks ground on 'Hun Sen' canal project backed by China

Impact on Mekong River, possible military use by Beijing cause concern in region

6 August 2024
John Lee, center, in Ho Chi Minh City. He is the first Hong Kong chief executive to visit Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. (Photo by Lien Hoang)
Trade

Hong Kong has ASEAN backing to join RCEP trade pact: John Lee

City goes on charm offensive after COVID-19, security law dent reputation

6 August 2024
Wang Wenbin has served as Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson for nearly four years.
International relations

China taps 'wolf warrior' diplomat as Cambodia ambassador

Wang Wenbin to help Beijing deepen ties with Phnom Penh on economy and military

6 June 2024