Strongmen Hun Sen handed power to his son Hun Manet last year after ruling Cambodia for nearly four decades. Now, the veteran leader is staging a comeback. Hun Sen was elected the new head of ...

Speculation has long simmered that the 69-year-old Hun Sen was grooming Hun Manet -- a four-star general educated in Britain and the United States -- to lead the kingdom.

New era begins: Hun Manet (right) posing for a picture with his father Hun Sen (centre) and President of Cambodia National Assembly Heng Samrin during a parliamentary meeting at the National ...

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet leaves after concluding his speech during the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit ahead of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Jakarta ...

Hun Manet, right, a son of Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, greets his supporters before leading a procession to mark the end of an election campaign of Cambodian People's Party, in Phnom Penh ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet speaks with Californian state Congressman Jimmy Panetta during a meeting with a U.S. Congressional delegation in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, February 17, 2025.

Cambodia’s Hun Sen has backed US President Donald Trump’s move to axe Voice of America and other US-funded broadcasters, which have long been critical of the influential former strongman.

The shock arrest and extradition of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte over the extrajudicial killings of thousands of people in his “war on drugs” has sparked debate over who could be next.