Advertisement Cambodia’s outgoing Prime Minister Hun Sen has revealed the country’s new and more youthful cabinet, which is set to take office on August 22 under the leadership of his eldest son Hun Manet. The impending generational handover comes after Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) won a walkover election victory on July 23, in … Read more
Cambodia’s incoming Prime Minister Hun Manet (right) and his son offer flowers to current Prime Minister Hun Sen during a celebration for his 71st birthday in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, August 5, 2023. Credit: Facebook/Hun Manet Advertisement Cambodia’s King today officially appointed Hun Manet as the country’s next prime minister, in line with a transition plan … Read more
ASEAN Beat | Politics | Southeast Asia Hun Sen says that will relinquish the prime ministership on August 22, after more than 38 years in power. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) drops a ballot into a box for voting at a polling station at Takhmua in Kandal province, southeast Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, … Read more
Advertisement Southeast Asia’s leaders generally do not go gentle into that good night, as a poet once wrote. At 97 years old, Mahathir Mohammad hasn’t lost any of his enthusiasm for racism and political bumbling, although it could also be said that he had few mental faculties to lose in old age. Singapore’s Lee Kuan … Read more