Phnom Penh Post - THRONE COUNCIL CONVENED
Chea Sim (front), President of the Senate and at that time acting Head of State in
the wake of the abdication of King Sihanouk, and the President of the National Assembly
Prince Norodom Ranariddh, cast their votes at the meeting of the Throne Council,
in the Royal Palace, October 14. The nine members voted ananimously for Prince Sihamoni
to become King.
Stock photo agencies cash in on Khmer Rouge tragedyA woman with short-cropped hair stares directly into the camera, her head cocked slightly to the side. On her lap is a sleeping infant just barely in the frame. The woman was the wife of a Khmer Rouge officer who fell out of favour, and
US think tank warns of China's 'ulterior motives'A US think tank on Tuesday warned that spreading Chinese investment in the Indo-Pacific follows a pattern of leveraging geopolitical influence at the expense of the nations receiving investment, including Cambodia. The report looks at a sample of 15 Chinese port development projects, noting that the
Defence Ministry denies weapons in smuggling case came from CambodiaAfter a Thai national was arrested last week for allegedly smuggling guns from Cambodia to Thailand, Cambodia's Defence Ministry has claimed the weapons seized during the arrest are not used in Cambodia, despite the fact that both types of rifle seized are commonly found in
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