A year later , mr. sihanouk abdicated to remake himself as a mass politician , serving as prime minister and in other roles that enabled him to effectively dominate cambodian politics until 1970 .
Feeling marginalized , mr. sihanouk looked for other outlets to express himself , including regular bulletins and blog posts for diplomats and journalists filled with recipes , musings on cambodian politics and graphic details about his various ailments , from diabetes to cancer .
Other deals concern agricultural exports and the development of a coal-powered electricity plant in the coastal province of preah sihanouk . The value of the deals was not announced .
Norodom sihanouk reigned cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 till his voluntary abdication in 2004 in favor of his son , the current king norodom sihamoni .