ASEAN – Rather than the country’s military-appointed foreign minister, Cambodia‘s foreign ministry announced on Thursday that a non-political delegate from Myanmar had been asked to join a conference of Southeast Asian foreign ministers later this month. Because of the lack of progress on an Asean peace plan, members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have not achieved an agreement …

Myanmar – Myanmar’s junta was dealt another diplomatic setback when the Asean regional bloc prohibited its top diplomat from attending the meeting of foreign ministers. Cambodia, which now holds the rotating presidency of the group, said there had been too little movement on a “five-point consensus” reached by leaders last year in an attempt to resolve the Myanmar situation. According to …

Cambodia – The Cambodian Commission on Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Information and Media has dismissed the Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights’ (APHR) “blind allegations” over Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen‘s trip to Myanmar on January 7. The panel claimed Hun Sen’s visit was part of his endeavor to resolve the turmoil in Myanmar, and that “only an evil-minded individual and …

Cambodia – Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen calls on Myanmar’s junta leader to allow a visit by an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) special envoy and to facilitate humanitarian aid access. Hun Sen, in his capacity as Asean chairman, video called military military leader Min Aung Hlaing and made a plea with him to adhere to a five-point agreement to resolve …

Cambodia – According to their organization, an anti-tank mine left over from Cambodia’s civil war burst on Monday, killing three members of a local demining crew while they worked. In a Facebook post from Cambodia Self Help Demining, the team of professionals had been reacting to a warning in the northern province of Preah Vihear. In the 1990s, the region …

Cambodia – On Friday, Cambodian PM Hun Sen was greeted with a red carpet and an honour guard in Myanmar, while coup opponents protested elsewhere in the nation, fearing his visit would legitimize the junta. Meeting with Myanmar’s military rulers was the first by a head of state since the army deposed Aung San Suu Kyi‘s civilian government on Feb. …

Cambodia – Cambodian leader Hun Sen ordered the military to destroy or stockpile any US weapons, after Washington’s imposition of an arms embargo over human rights concerns and Phnom Penh’s strong connections with China. The US enforced a weapons embargo on Cambodia just recently, citing worries about the southeast Asian country’s human rights and corruption situation, as well as China’s …

President Rodrigo Duterte is confident that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) would overcome Covid-19, just as it has overcome many obstacles in the past. Duterte made the statement as ASEAN marked the 54th anniversary of its foundation. He said that the ASEAN member nations are no strangers to adversity, adding that the regional bloc’s ties of amity and …

Australia has come in full support of Cambodia’s ASEAN Chairmanship 2022 and looks forward to the first annual ASEAN-Australia Summit in October this year. This was conveyed by Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women of Australia Senator Marise Payne in a video conference with Minister of Foreign Affairs Prak Sokhonn on Wednesday. During the meeting, Payne said that …

The sister of the missing Thai political activist who suddenly disappeared in Phnom Penh about a year ago has been calling for the authorities to give her answers after having 12 months pass by without any progress in the case. Wanchalearm Satsaksit who was in the wanted list of the Thai police for being behind the acerbic anti-government Facebook page …