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Taiwan indicts nine in Cambodian boiler room case

Taiwanese prosecutors on Friday indicted nine suspects on human trafficking charges for allegedly luring 88 people to Cambodia to toil in online scam syndicates that have become a regional scourge.

Bangkok Post

Hun Sen pursues opponent in Paris court

PARIS: Veteran Cambodian opposition figure Sam Rainsy faced a French court on Thursday in defamation cases brought against him by top officials in his home country.

Bangkok Post

Cambodian opposition figure Sam Rainsy faces defamation trial in France

Longstanding Cambodian opposition figure Sam Rainsy is in court in France, facing defamation cases brought against him by top officials in his home country.

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Hun Sen challenged by 'doomsday cult'

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on the public to refrain from discriminating against the followers of a politician who has attracted thousands to what many commentators are calling a “doomsday cult”.

Bangkok Post

Cambodian, Japanese among winners of Magsaysay Awards

A psychiatrist who helped fellow Cambodians recover from trauma resulting from the Khmer Rouge’s genocidal rule and a Japanese ophthalmologist who led an effort to treat thousands of Vietnamese villagers are among those selected for this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Awards, regarded as Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize

The Independent UK

Cambodian psychiatrist helping genocide survivors wins Magsaysay

A Cambodian psychiatrist treating victims of the Khmer Rouge and a French environmentalist cleaning up Indonesian rivers were among the winners Wednesday of the 2022 Ramon Magsaysay Award -- considered Asia's Nobel Prize.

Bangkok Post

Thailand’s top IPO adviser targets region’s firms for listings

Thailand’s leading arranger of initial public offerings since 2021 is targeting companies from neighbouring Vietnam and Cambodia for listing on the Bangkok bourse to counter a slump in domestic stock sales, though nationalism is one obstacle.

Bangkok Post

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‘Uprooted’: California bill tackles prison-deportation pipeline

Moving non-US citizens for deportation after they finish their prison sentences is ‘double punishment’, activists say.

Al Jazeera

UN expert offers plan for improving human rights in Cambodia

The U.N. expert on human rights in Cambodia is proposing a 10-point plan to improve rights in the Southeast Asian nation, describing it as ä country with a bright future but some severe challenges

The Independent UK

Cambodia to issue first-ever sovereign bond worth $300m in September

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia will issue the first-ever sovereign bond worth US$300 in September, according to a news release from the Ministry of Economy and Finance on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Govt nod for B983m Cambodia loan

The cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to loan Cambodia 983 million baht to fund a new road construction project, said deputy government spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul.

Bangkok Post

Hundreds of Taiwanese trafficked to Cambodia and held captive by telecom scam gangs

Police forces in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Vietnam have launched major operations to rescue their citizens and shut down trafficking syndicates

The Guardian - AU

Cambodia attracts over 740,000 international tourists in first 7 months

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has attracted more than 740,000 international visitors in the first seven months of 2022, an increase of 560% compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Tourism.

Bangkok Post

Experts forecast resumption of overlapping claim area talks

Energy experts say Thailand and Cambodia will resume talks to settle their dispute on an overlapping claim area (OCA) in order to jointly benefit from a new petroleum source and relieve the impact of energy price fluctuations.

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Casino workers flee Cambodia by swimming to Vietnam

Dozens of Vietnamese casino workers allegedly forced to toil without pay in Cambodia have fled back to their homeland by swimming across a river, authorities in Phnom Penh said on Friday.

The Independent UK

Taiwan seeks to free citizens lured to Cambodia by scammers

Taiwan is seeking to free more than 300 of its citizens lured to Cambodia by crime groups

Bangkok Post

Cambodia says lost artifacts found in Gallery 249 at the Met

In the 1970s, long after its encyclopaedic collection had been acknowledged as among the world’s finest, the Metropolitan Museum of Art recognised it had slender holdings in South or Southeast Asian art. One in-house estimate suggested that no more than 60 objects were worth exhibiting.

Bangkok Post

Move beyond nationalism

The emergence of ultranationalist sentiment in Cambodia following the box-office success of the Thai period romcom Love Destiny, or Bupphesanniwas 2, is very unfortunate.

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Hong Kong task force tackles SE Asian scams

HONG KONG: Law enforcement authorities in Hong Kong have set up a task force to track down and help trafficked residents ensnared by “boiler room” scams in Southeast Asia that have become a growing scourge.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Political Pulse / Authoritarian regimes need a neighborly nudge toward democracy

Authoritarianism now runs rampant in some parts of Southeast Asia. I was a correspondent in this region from 2006 through 2010, and then returned there in 2019. Compared to my previous experience, I strongly felt the spread of authoritarianism and the suppressed social atmosphere that it caused.

Bangkok Post

Gambling with Thailand's future

Whether you support it or not, betting and gambling dens have been commonplace in much of Thailand for a long time, despite authorities' attempts to stamp it out.

The Guardian - AU

US returns to Cambodia dozens of antiquities looted from historic sites

Some of the artefacts, which range from the bronze age to the 12th century, were stolen from ancient Khmer capital Koh Ker

Bangkok Post

Thai firms eye potential of Cambodian investments

Thai businesses have set their sights on expanding trade and investment in Cambodia, especially in processed food, agriculture, tourism, renewable energy, plastic, and gems and jewellery.

The Independent UK

Cambodian ambassador: Looted artworks are 'souls' of culture

Cambodia’s ambassador to the United States says the return of 30 antiquities to his country by U.S. law enforcement authorities is like a returning of the souls of Cambodia's culture

Reuters

U.S. returns to Cambodia 30 antiquities looted from historic sites

(This Aug. 8 story, corrects 6th paragraph to state that Douglas Latchford was a dual citizen of Thailand and the United Kingdom, not Thailand and the United States)

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