Songwriter Mai Vathana has roots that are appropriately humble given his nickname of the “Rural Poet”, which he earned by writing popular songs with a lyrical focus on melodramatic tales of romance and loss in the lives of ordinary Cambodians.
Prime Minister Hun Sen urged tolerance and thanked members of the Cambodian diaspora for not reacting to the hostility on display towards him by others while he was in the US to attend the May 12-13 ASEAN-US Special Summit in Washington, DC.
Prime Minister Hun Sen urged tolerance and thanked members of the Cambodian diaspora for not reacting to the hostility on display towards him by others while he was in the US to attend the May 12-13 ASEAN-US Special Summit in Washington, DC. In an audio address to compatriots living in the US, Hun Sen thanked them for the warm reception and said farewell to them before his return.
Officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation have expressed frustration with the continued rejections of their visa applications by the US embassy’s consular office stemming from a decision by the US Department of Homeland Security in 2017 as a quid pro quo for Cambodia’s previous refusal to accept Cambodian deportees.