In 1987, the state controlled print and electronic media and regulated their content.
The most authoritative print medium in 1987 was the ruling KPRP's biweekly journal, Pracheachon (The People), which was inaugurated in October 1985 to express the party's stand on domestic and international affairs.
Almost as important, however, was the weekly of the KUFNCD,
Kampuchea.
The principal publication of the armed forces was the weekly Kangtoap Padevoat (Revolutionary Army).
During the Vietnamese occupation in 1987, Cambodia had no daily newspaper. Though this situation changed swiftly after the withdrawal of Vietnamese troops and the UNTAC supervised general election in 1993