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HUN SEN

A man watches as Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen speaks during a special statement on television at a restaurant in Phnom Penh on Wednesday. Hun Sen, one of the world's longest-serving leaders, said he will resign and hand power to his son, after almost four decades of hardline rule.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 26, 2023
Cambodia’s leader of four decades signals retirement after vote
Hun Sen is widely expected to hand over power to his son after indicating on Chinese TV that his succession will take place within weeks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 23, 2023
Cambodia's ruling party claims election victory
The party of long-serving Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen declared victory in a general election on Sunday, a contest that had been widely dismissed as a one-sided sham.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 23, 2023
No opposition. No choice. Cambodia’s election paves way for dynastic rule.
This dynastic succession within a parliamentary system, at the sole discretion of Hun Sen, demonstrates the grip he has on power after eliminating virtually all opposition.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 20, 2023
Like strongman, like son? Cambodia's Hun Manet makes political debut
The political debut of Prime Minister Hun Sen's eldest son marks one of the final steps in a decadeslong grooming process that is expected to end with him succeeding his father.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 17, 2023
Facebook and Hun Sen: Cambodia election tests content moderation
Meta took down the leader's video inciting violence, but only after nearly six months and after he claimed that he switched to a different social media platform.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 12, 2023
Cambodian leader Hun Sen to face little opposition in vote as democracy falters
Hun Sen has led the country for 38 years, and has repeatedly declared that his eldest son, Hun Manet, will succeed him when he retires.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 1, 2023
Cambodian ruler’s Facebook account goes dark after spat with Meta
Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has recommended that he be suspended from the platform for threatening political opponents with violence.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 3, 2023
Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha jailed 27 years on treason charge
Kem Sokha was the joint founder of the now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party and has long been a foe of Hun Sen — Asia's longest-serving leader.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 15, 2022
Cambodia PM Hun Sen cancels G20 meetings after testing positive for COVID
The prime minister, who is the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, had tested positive before he had held any meetings.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 7, 2022
Biden should give ASEAN leaders face time to improve ties, says Cambodian minister
No individual meetings are currently planned between the U.S. President and Southeast Asian leaders when they gather in Washington for talks on May 12 and 13.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 21, 2022
Why no major world power wants ASEAN to split up over Myanmar
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi last week commended the Cambodian leader's visit to Myanmar, the first by a foreign leader since the coup.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 15, 2022
Cambodia’s internet may soon be like China’s: state-controlled
Critics say a recent crackdown puts Cambodia on a growing list of countries that have embraced China's authoritarian model of internet surveillance.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2022
Japan praises Cambodian leader Hun Sen’s visit to Myanmar as bringing ‘progress’
While Japan has called on the junta to stop the violence and restore democracy, it wants to remain close to Myanmar as part of a strategy of countering China's influence.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 1, 2021
Japanese 'Magnitsky Law' would send strong message to Hun Sen
There is a global trend toward adopting Magnitsky laws, which allow countries to freeze the assets of and impose travel bans on those who violate human rights.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 27, 2021
Men enlisted to fight 'tradition' of gender violence in Cambodia
A series of events in the Southeast Asian nation in 2020 drew condemnation from advocates around the world.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 14, 2020
Cambodia readies treason trials against political dissidents
Cambodia's government has targeted about 50 people in its most concerted legal offensive against its political opponents since 2017.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 23, 2020
Threatened by Facebook disinformation, a Buddhist monk flees Cambodia
The case shows how repressive governments can move with stunning speed to disgrace opponents, using social media and technology to amplify their divisive campaigns.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 12, 2020
U.S. decries Cambodia treason trial's 'fabricated conspiracy theories'
The United States ambassador to Cambodia said on Thursday that he is troubled by "fabricated conspiracy theories" at the treason trial of opposition party leader Kem Sokha, who is accused of plotting to overthrow longtime leader Hun Sen.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 10, 2019
Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha freed from house arrest
More than two years after he was arrested and charged with treason, Cambodia on Sunday freed opposition leader Kem Sokha from house arrest, but the charges remain and he is banned from politics and from leaving the country.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 29, 2019
Cambodia says it will increase arms purchases from China
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday that an additional $40 million would be spent on weapons from China to modernize the Southeast Asian country's military.
Japan to experience blood moon lunar eclipse on Monday
A blood moon is seen during a partial eclipse in the sky over Lake George near Canberra on March 14.
Ishiba to quit as prime minister amid LDP discontent
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announces his decision to step down, at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan eyes two types of 'hometown resident' registration
People buy groceries from a mobile supermarket in a rural area of Nagomi, Kumamoto Prefecture. The government is considering a new "hometown resident" registration system to help strengthen regional revitalization measures.
Race to become next LDP president kicks off again
Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi on Monday became the first to enter the race to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
‘Confugenics’ and East Asia's demographic crisis
East Asia’s fertility plunge is driven not just by financial costs but by perfectionist cultural expectations that burden parents with intense educational and social demands.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Haru Nemuri’s radical new album refuses easy listening
Musician Haruna Kimishima, better known as Haru Nemuri, confronts Japan’s politics, nationalism and censorship on her recent output.

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