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Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (left), Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and US President Donald Trump pose for photos following the signing of a Cambodia-Thailand peace deal in Kuala Lumpur on October 26.

Fresh airstrikes shatter Asian ceasefire Trump claimed as a victory

Six weeks ago, a smiling US president was celebrating the ceasefire he had brokered. Now Thailand has once more deployed fighter jets against its neighbour.

  • Zach Hope

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Anutin Charnvirakul is set to become Thailand’s new prime minister after a vote in parliament on Friday.

Thailand installs a new PM after ousting the old one – and the one before that

Months of political uncertainty in Thailand sparked by the suspension and eventual dismissal of the prime minister have come to a temporary pause.

  • Zach Hope
Cambodia fires missiles into Thailand

Travel warning for Thailand and Cambodia after gunfire and rockets leave at least 16 dead

Cambodia has accused Thailand of damaging a World Heritage-listed temple and dropping illegal bombs in the most serious armed conflict between the two nations in more than a decade.

  • Zach Hope and Nara Lon
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
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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
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