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  "path": "/news/hard-numbers/cambodia-seeks-to-shed-autocratic-image",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-26T15:55:31.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.gzeromedia.com",
  "tags": [
    "Democracy",
    "Hun sen",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nCambodia has been an autocracy ever since Hun seized power in a coup d’état in 1997, but it is apparently looking to change that image. On Monday, the president announced that he would be freeing Kem**** from house arrest, barely a month after an appeals court upheld the conviction against him – one that carried a 27-year sentence. The move is reportedly an effort to repair frayed ties with the West, as the Southeast Asian country looks to hedge against its long-term ally China.",
  "title": "Cambodia seeks to shed autocratic image?"
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