Norodom Sihanouk, the flamboyant Cambodian monarch whose intermittent rule was marked by shifting alliances, decades of strife and the near-destruction of his country, died Oct. 15 in a Beijing ...

Sihanouk looks on as his wife, Queen Monineath, kisses his son and successor, King Norodom Sihamoni, at a coronation ceremony at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on Oct. 29, 2004.

Sihanouk was born Oct. 31, 1922, to Norodom Suramarit and Kossamak Nearireath. He was educated in Saigon, now called Ho Chi Minh City, and Paris, and ascended to the throne in 1941 at the age of ...

King Norodom Sihanouk's decision to give up throne he has held, off and on, for more than half century throws Cambodia into confusion and doubt; although his power is almost entirely symbolic, ...

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to watch the cremation of the former Cambodian King, Norodom Sihanouk, on Monday. The cremation will be marked with an elaborate ceremony in the ...

He was many things to the Cambodia he helped navigate through half a century of war and genocide — revered independence hero, ruthless monarch and prime minister, communist collaborator, ...

The body of Cambodia's late King Norodom Sihanouk returned to his homeland Wednesday afternoon, welcomed by hundreds of thousands of mourners who packed tree-lined roads in the Southeast Asian ...

The body of former King Norodom Sihanouk has been returned to Cambodia for a week of official mourning. His coffin was flown from the Chinese capital Beijing, where he died on Monday of a heart ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Norodom Sihanouk, the former Cambodian king who remained an influentual figure in his country's politics through a half-century of war, genocide and upheaval, has died.

King Norodom Sihanouk's decision to give up throne he has held, off and on, for more than half century throws Cambodia into confusion and doubt; although his power is almost entirely symbolic, ...

Norodom Sihanouk, the revered and often mercurial former king and independence hero who helped navigate Cambodia through a half-century of war, genocide and upheaval, died Monday in Beijing. He was ...

Breaking News Cambodia’s former King Norodom Sihanouk dies at 89. By Sopheng Cheang. Oct. 15, 2012 . Share on Facebook; Share on X; Share by email ...