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Dec 2, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Ouch Sony |Phnom Penh |George Wright

When news of Henry Kissinger's death spread this week, many former world leaders lined up to pay tribute. Former US President George W Bush said the US had "lost one of the most dependable and distinctive voices on foreign affairs". Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair described the ex-US secretary of state as an artist of diplomacy, who was motivated by "a genuine love of the free world and the need to protect it".

Dec 2, 2023 | homeofscience.net | Shazir Mucklai |Ouch Sony |George Wright |Phnom Penh

Henry Kissinger died aged 100 this week. His policies caused widespread destruction in Cambodia. Image source, Getty ImagesWhen news of Henry Kissinger’s death spread this week, many former world leaders lined up to pay tribute. Former US President George W Bush said the US had “lost one of the most dependable and distinctive voices on foreign affairs”.

Feb 6, 2023 | vodenglish.news | Ouch Sony

A former CNRP commune chief who was blocked from leaving the country last year had a retrial at a Phnom Penh court after she was convicted in absentia for incitement. The case is linked to an incitement conviction against another CNRP commune chief from Banteay Meanchey, Lanh Thavry, who was sentenced to 18 months in prison in August 2022 for comments she made on Facebook between 2018 and 2019.

Feb 2, 2023 | vodenglish.news | Khan Leakhena |Ouch Sony

Senior politician Kong Korm announced he would step down from his activities with the opposition Candlelight Party, apologizing to ruling party leaders for an unspecified “mistake.”Korm, a former CNRP adviser and a foreign minister in the 1980s, last month made a speech pointing out the ruling Cambodian People’s Party’s roots in the Vietnamese-backed government of the 1980s. Prime Minister Hun Sen lashed out at Candlelight adviser Korm in response, and launched a series of lawsuits against him.

Jan 31, 2023 | vodenglish.news | Morm Moniroth |Ouch Sony

Prominent unionist Rong Chhun joined the Candlelight Party on Tuesday, months shy of the national election, saying he expected a “big achievement” for the party in July. The unionist, who was previously the president of the Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association, made the announcement Tuesday morning in Phnom Penh. He had teased the announcement on Monday, stating he would either stay with his union work or enter politics.