In 1993, the Clinton Administration decided to go-with-the-flow as Hun Sen, a Khmer-Rouge-commander-turned-Vietnamese-puppet, demanded -- under threat of renewed violence -- the right to participate in Cambodia's first freely elected government, despite his Communist Party's defeat at the polls.
Byung-hun Lee, a major Korean movie star, was put in one of the film's title roles.
"The patterning issue is a very big problem, " Choi Sang-hun, an LG Display engineer, said in an interview.
Across the sea, there were the Dothraki, a Hun-like race of horseman warriors, whose brutal ruler, Drogo, took the delicate, unspellable Daenerys as a bride.
The new project would, according to Chung Mong-hun, chairman of the South Korean conglomerate, Hyundai, "symbolise the beginning of active economic co-operation between the two Koreas".
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But North Korea gave them a much harder game than they were expecting and Kim Jong-Hun's side got a goal their endeavour deserved when Ji Yun-nam fired in superbly in the closing stages.
North Korea coach Kim Jong-hun had regarded this game as an opportunity for his team to restore some pride, but his players still seemed shell-shocked after conceding six goals in the second half against Portugal on Monday.
Higuain's close-range finish brought a stunning save from Jung, and Tevez forced another save from Jung with his 20-yard drive, while at the other end Yeom Ki-Hun wasted a golden chance to get South Korea back on level terms as he shot wide when through one-on-one with Romero after Lee's fine pass.
In 1996 Ieng Sary, the regime's former Deputy Premier, was the first major cadre to defect to the government--strengthening Hun Sen's hand in his power struggle with then co-Premier Norodom Ranariddh--and was granted an official amnesty in return.
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Though the missive was not signed by Ung Huot -- interpreted by some as a ruse, by others as his ineffectualness in the partnership with Hun Sen -- Sihanouk acquiesced and issued a pardon, one that presumably covered the fine as well.
Even before co-premier Hun Sen ousted coalition partner Norodom Ranariddh last July, the former's party had been favored in the next election.
Bun-Ly also criticized Hun Sen's wife for describing Rainsy as pro-Khmer Rouge.
On the subject of Cambodia's ASEAN membership, which was put off a year ago after Co-Premier Hun Sen executed a putsch against his partner, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, there seemed unanimous agreement: Membership would be granted by the end of the year.
In the 1980s the world body allowed the guerrillas' government-in-exile to hold Cambodia's General Assembly seat rather than give it to the Vietnam-backed government Hun Sen headed.
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Although himself a former member of the Khmer Rouge, the Maoist party that ruled Cambodia from 1975-79, Hun Sen's years in power have seen a gradual process of economic and political liberalisation.
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The common family name of Lee is often spelled Rhee, Ri or Yi (meaning opposition leader Lee Hoi Chang, South Korea's first president Syngman Rhee, North Korean basketball star Ri Myong Hun and 16th-century naval hero Yi Sun Shin all share the same family name).
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Ranariddh shared power with Second Prime Minister Hun Sen as co-heads of a shaky coalition government formed after U.N.
Some speculate that he plans to hand the reins of power one day to his studious, British-educated son, Hun Manet.
Howard Pew made Attila the Hun look like a blue-state kind of guy.
Sihanouk was at the centre of complex negotiations involving royalists, the Khmer Rouge and Hun Sen, the Vietnamese-backed prime minister, to form a new government.
Long-standing animosity and rancour between Hun Sen, Prince Ranariddh and Sam Rainsy are at the root of the current impasse.
Hun Sen and his handpicked co-premier, Ung Huot, issued a four-page rebuttal.
But Finance Minister Lee Hun Jai admits that this edict has been ignored - as demonstrated by Hyundai's recent family feud over succession.
The Meeting was co-chaired by Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia in his capacity as Chairman of ASEAN, and the Honourable Barack Obama, President of the United States of America.
WHITEHOUSE: Joint Statement of the 4th ASEAN-U.S. Leaders' Meeting
But nearly four years ago, Hun Sen, the prime minister, led a much-publicised campaign to curb brothels.
Pol Pot's rule came to an end in 1979 after Vietnam invaded Cambodia and installed a pro-Hanoi administration (which included current Second Prime Minister Hun Sen).
Mr Hun Sen, they reckon, is engaged in Saddam Hussein-like brinkmanship with the outside world.
Despite international concern, Mr Hun Sen's plea for UN intervention seems a non-starter.
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