What is Buddhist socialism, has it ever been attempted, where does it stand today and what impact of any did it have on Cambodia? Officially Buddhist Socialism was the guiding principle of Cambodia during the 1960’s under Sihanouk. Quite how left-wing it was is up for debate, but it did […]
Category: Political Parties
Workers Party of Kampuchea
The Workers Party of Kampuchea was a political party that exited between the time of the Kampuchean Peoples Revolutionary Party and the Communist Party of Kampuchea. It is therefore a successor of the former and the forerunner of the later. Its formation is considered controversial with modern Khmer communists disavowing […]
Political Parties in Cambodia in 2024
Cambodia is currently a constitutional monarchy under either a dominant party system, or a one party system, depending on your take on things. The only party currently in parliament is the Cambodian Peoples Party, although opposition parties exist at lower levels of government and have been represented in parliament before. […]
The Burmese Way to Socialism
The Burmese Way to Socialism was the government policy of Burma aimed at turning the country into a socialist utopia by formulating a policy specifically suited to the situation in the country. This wade it one of the very countries to remain independent of both the USSR and China, while […]
The little known Thai Communist insurgency
While communism in South-East Asia is hardly a new thing, few realize that Thailand also went through its own almost successful insurgency. How close though was the Thai communist insurgency and how did they interact with the other liberation movements of the region. Communism in South-East Asia Indonesia was famously […]
Khmer National Solidarity Party
The Khmer National Solidarity Party was an extremely short lived political party that can be viewed in some ways as a successful party to the various incarnations of the Khmer Rouge. It was founded by former head of state of Democratic Kampuchea and leader of the Khmer Rouge Khiu Samphan. […]
Cambodian National Unity Party
The Cambodian National Unity Party was the last iteration the Communist Party of Kampuchea AKA the Khmer Rouge, as well as being the last Khmer Rouge “party” to hold any power. The evolution of the party follows on from the 1951 formation of the Khmer Peoples Revolutionary Party before out […]
Is there still Communist Party in Cambodia?
Is there still a communist party in Cambodia? The short answer is that there no there is not, but the ruling Cambodian Peoples Party do trace their lineage from the former ruling Kampuchean Peoples Revolutionary Party (KPRP). Is the Cambodian Peoples Party communist? The Cambodian Peoples Party (CPP) trace their […]