21st Century
Year | Date | Event |
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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. |
Read more about this topic: Timeline Of Cambodian History
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