Cambodia's Hun Sen at the helm in border conflict with Thailand


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  • Thursday, 31 Jul 2025

FILE PHOTO: Hun Sen speaks at a press conference at the National Assembly in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Cindy Liu/File Photo

(Reuters) -When weeks of tensions escalated into a major border conflict with Thailand last week, former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen appeared to take charge of his country's response.

Photographs showed him at the end of a long table, speaking with military officers and poring over detailed maps, radio set in hand and a cup of Starbucks coffee within arms reach.

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