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Cambodia’s army to resume joint military exercises with the US next year

Cambodia’s army says it will resume joint military exercises with the United States early next year after a decade-long suspension

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Cambodia claims it has wiped out online scam compounds after a sweeping crackdown

Cambodia claims it has wiped out online scam compounds after a sweeping crackdown

Cambodia claims it no longer hosts any compounds for international online scams

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Cambodia shuts over 700 cyberscam locations over past year, government says

Cambodia shuts over 700 cyberscam locations over past year, government says

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said last year that hundreds of industrial-scale scam centres across Asia generate just under €35 billion in annual profits.

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Thailand, Japan or Australia? The travel destinations dividing Gen Z and Millennials

New research reveals a clear generational divide in travel, with Gen Z favouring affordable, trending destinations such as Thailand, Cambodia and Laos, while Millennials are opting for Australia, Japan and Greece.

Steps to rebuild Cambodia border trust

The recent appointment of Katrina Cooper as chair of the Conciliation Commission for the Thailand-Cambodia dispute is a welcome development. It allows a recognised framework under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), to which both countries are signatories, to be brought into play. Both countries have…

44 Thais repatriated from Cambodia

Thai security authorities received 44 Thai nationals returning from Cambodia at the Ban Khlong Luek border checkpoint in Aranyaprathet district of Sa Kaeo province on Friday, with five wanted on arrest warrants.

They escaped south-east Asia’s scam compounds. Then they realised they were still trapped

The cyber-fraud industry has flourished in Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar, with thousands of people trafficked into the industry. But even those who have managed to find a way out often cannot return home

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Microfinance was supposed to save Asia’s poor. Why has it failed to live up to its promise?

Microfinance was supposed to save Asia’s poor. Why has it failed to live up to its promise?

Microfinance was once celebrated as Asia’s tool to lift people out of poverty. From Bangladesh to India, Cambodia and the Philippines, the promise was simple: provide small loans to low-income households, help them start businesses, increase income and escape poverty.

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Donor fatigue guts demining in Asia, as active conflicts draw away funding

Donor fatigue guts demining in Asia, as active conflicts draw away funding

Land mines and unexploded bombs from conflicts of the last century still plague parts of Southeast Asia, claiming lives and limbs each year

The Independent UK

Cambodian opposition figure's daughter appointed PM's envoy in rare concession

Cambodian opposition figure's daughter appointed PM's envoy in rare concession

PHNOM PENH — ⁠The ⁠daughter of a recently pardoned Cambodian opposition figure who was jailed for alleged treason has been appointed special envoy to Prime ‌Minister Hun Manet, a royal decree showed on Monday, in a rare concession to the political opposition.

15th Thai soldier maimed by landmine along Cambodian border

15th Thai soldier maimed by landmine along Cambodian border

UBON RATCHATHANI - A Thai soldier lost his leg when he stepped on a landmine during mine clearance on Monday in this northeastern province bordering Cambodia.

Photos show Cambodian children attend school in floating villages along the Tonle Sap lake.

Photos show Cambodian children attend school in floating villages along the Tonle Sap lake.

On Cambodia’s Tonle Sap, the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, getting anywhere has always meant navigating the water. It isn’t any different for schoolchildren.

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Bou Meng, a Cambodian artist and survivor of a Khmer Rouge torture center, has died at 85

Bou Meng, a Cambodian artist and survivor of a Khmer Rouge torture center, has died at 85

Cambodian artist Bou Meng, one of only seven people known to have survived a notorious Khmer Rouge torture center, has died at 85

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'Multi-part case study on China’s media' finds that AI models can't hallucinate away Chinese censorship

'Multi-part case study on China’s media' finds that AI models can't hallucinate away Chinese censorship

New research suggests Chinese state media and authoritarian speech restrictions can shape the answers produced by leading U.S. AI models

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Thailand seizes more assets of Chinese tycoon Chen Zhi

Thailand is moving to confiscate another 115 million baht in assets linked to the Chinese-Cambodian tycoon Chen Zhi, who is now awaiting trial in China for financial crimes.

Protecting Thailand's cassava edge

Thailand's cassava industry does not lack markets, processing capacity, or ideas for new products. Instead, its potential is held back by an unconducive and fragmented system in which the raw material base, research, pricing mechanisms, regulations, and downstream industries are operating at different paces.

Thailand rejects UN envoy's report on Cambodia

Thailand has expressed deep disappointment with a recent United Nations report on Cambodia that criticised Thailand, saying it exceeded its mandate and lacked balance.

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The Anutin Charnvirakul government's anger over UN rapporteur Tom Andrews' report on the human rights situation in Cambodia comes as no surprise.

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PM blasts UN border report

Thailand has rejected a UN special rapporteur's report estimating that 650,000 Cambodians were internally displaced during recent border clashes, saying the findings relied on one-sided information and failed to include Thailand's perspective.

Thailand among top destinations for Koreans in drug‑trafficking cases

Thailand ranked second only to Cambodia for cases in which South Koreans were caught trying to transport illicit drugs to third countries, according to data compiled by the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Seoul and reported by a South Korean lawmaker.

Thailand rebuts UN rapporteur's border conflict claims

Thailand has rebutted claims by a United Nations human rights expert on the impact of the Thai-Cambodian border conflict, disputing figures he cited on displaced Cambodians and migrant workers returning from Thailand.

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Singapore student told her mother she was going to college. She actually flew to Cambodia to meet an online gaming friend

Singaporean student Siti Aishah Siregar was found safe by Cambodian police after vanishing from her family. She arrived in Cambodia and met an online gaming friend at the airport. Aishah explained she left home due to strict parental control and a desire for independence. Emails revealed she transferred money to…

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Singapore student Siti Aishah Siregar left home saying she was going to college; hours later her family found her passport missing and a Cambodia flight ticket in her email

A Singaporean student, Siti Aishah Siregar, disappeared after telling her family she was going to college. Her family discovered her passport missing and a flight ticket to Cambodia in her email. Singapore police confirmed the 20-year-old had already departed the country on an outbound flight. Her father issued an emotional…

The Independent UK

UN expert flags human rights concerns over Cambodia after talks with PM in Phnom Penh

The U.N. expert on human rights in Cambodia has expressed concerns about displaced people, cyberscam trafficking, and citizens jailed for expressing their opinions

20,000 Cambodians ‘still displaced’ along Thai border

PHNOM PENH - ⁠More ⁠than 20,000 Cambodian civilians remain displaced along the country’s border with Thailand following two rounds of fighting between the Southeast Asian neighbours ‌last year, a UN expert said on Friday, following a visit to the disputed frontier.

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