Hun Sen Assumes a Monarch’s Mantle
It was unexpected enough that the leading opposition political party had been dissolved in Cambodia. But where were the bachelor king of Cambodia, and the gracious queen mother, at the dazzling two-day event at the Angkor Wat temple this past weekend?
It was prime minister Hun Sen, aged 65, and wobbling slightly at the knees, and first lady Bun Rany, who…
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