Timeline of Cambodian History - 21st Century

21st Century

Year Date Event
2003 18 January An Angkor newspaper reported that Suvanant Kongying, a Thai actress, had claimed that Angkor Wat rightfully belonged to Thailand.
28 January Thai television programs were banned from broadcasting in Cambodia.
29 January 2003 Phnom Penh riots: Nationalist rioters destroyed the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh.
7 July Cambodian parliamentary election: Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party won a majority of seats in the National Assembly.
2004 14 October King Norodom Sihanouk abdicated. His son Norodom Sihamoni was crowned as his successor.
2008 June 2008 Cambodian-Thai stand-off: Clashes began with Thailand over territory immediately adjacent to the Preah Vihear Temple.
2012 15 October Former King of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk died in Beijing at the age of 89.

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