VOA Special Report: 'Cambodia Adrift'
On July 29, the Cambodian government will hold the nation’s sixth general election to choose representatives for the National Assembly. International groups have spent billions of dollars funding pro-democracy civil society efforts over the past 25 years yet the vote has been deemed the most unfair and unfree since the United Nations organized the first post-genocide election in 1993. The government, headed by Prime Minister Hun Sen who has been in power since 1985, believes otherwise. Read our full story
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Cambodian Government Leans on Civil Servants for Votes
The politicization of public institutions is forcing many civil servants to campaign for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party during office hours, VOA finds. Read our full story
Friends with Benefits
For Cambodia’s prime minister of more than three decades, a blossoming alliance with China means no Western powers questioning his increasingly authoritarian rule. For China, Cambodia offers a regional voice of support for its controversial expansion in the South China Sea. Read our full story