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Thai people who fled clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers take shelter in Surin province, northeastern Thailand, on Thursday.

Thailand deploys fighter jet in escalating conflict with Cambodia

The Thai health minister said 11 civilians, including an eight-year-old boy, and one soldier were killed in the latest stoush. There was no immediate word of casualties in Cambodia.

  • Zach Hope

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Cambodian Senate president Hun Sen, centre, and his son and prime minister Hun Manet in January.

From weed parlours to citizenship, the unexpected fallout from a jungle border bust-up

Border tensions have spilled into the back streets and upper echelons of Thai and Cambodian society. And this chain reaction of patriotism, intrigue and self-interest is not spent yet.

  • Zach Hope
Suon Roun’s mother, Em Heap, and brother Suon Eung inside their home at Kampenh village in Cambodia.

How a gunshot at dawn broke a mother’s heart, and left a prime minister fighting for her job

By first light on May 28, the soldiers had already stirred from their remote jungle beds. Some were making coffee. Others were pulling on uniforms. What happened next depends on who you talk to.

  • Zach Hope
The Preah Vihear temple complex in northern Cambodia.

Only 14 years ago, this magnificent temple was a place of death. Tensions are high again

It is so tranquil in the grounds of this sacred place that it is hard to imagine it any other way. But then a policeman points to the spot where his brother-in-law was blown up by a rocket.

  • Zach Hope
Australian-based academic Seng Sary has admitted he was on the payroll of Cambodian ruler Hun Sen.

Academic who fled Cambodia for Australia was on Hun Sen’s payroll

Melbourne Uni made him a fellow. He posed for a photo with a soon-to-be federal minister, and was considered a hero. But it wasn’t the full picture.

  • Zach Hope
A young woman locked up for protesting speaks to a camera to thank Cambodia’s leaders for her freedom.

The next-gen leader and the forced video confessions on Facebook

Observers say Cambodia’s change in leader is just an extension of times before, where opponents were threatened with beatings, “only they are younger”.

  • Zach Hope
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet inspects an honour guard during a visit to Malaysia on Tuesday. The prime minister’s family retain control of many senior roles in the Cambodian government.

We’re welcoming a ‘reformer’ PM, but it’s his despot dad who calls the shots

Targeted sanctions should be used to put pressure on Cambodia’s human rights violators, especially those powerful figures who hold assets in Australia.

  • Gareth Evans and Gordon Conochie
Goodbye and hello: Cambodia’s longtime ruler Hun Sen, left, has passed on the prime ministership to his son Hun Manet, right.

Hun Sen seals Cambodia’s political dynasty as son becomes PM

The ascension of Hun Manet, who was educated at West Point in New York, marks the conclusion of a political succession years in the making.

  • Philip J. Heijmans
Hun Manet, of the Cambodian People’s Party, son of Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, also army chief, shows off his inked finger outside a polling station after voting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

‘UN pls help’: Cambodia PM Hun Sen’s party claims landslide win in unopposed election

The prime minister’s CPP, a political behemoth with a vast war chest, faced no viable opponent after a ruthless, years-long crackdown on rivals.

  • Prak Chan Thul
Hun Sen has ruled with an iron fist since becoming prime minister at the age of 32 in 1985.

Cambodia’s strongman faces an unlosable election. But will he still run the country?

A crackdown against opposition voices has made the result a foregone conclusion. What remains uncertain is when Hun Sen will hand the reins to his son.

  • Chris Barrett

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