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INSANE: 2 | Rare Historical Photos

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.

The Independent UK · Aug 17

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

The Independent UK · Aug 16

'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

Fortune · Aug 13

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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.

Bangkok Post · Aug 13

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.

Bangkok Post · Aug 12

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.

Bangkok Post · Aug 8

Use data, not drama

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

Bangkok Post · Aug 6

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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.

Bangkok Post · Aug 3

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.

Bangkok Post · Aug 3

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.

Bangkok Post · Aug 2

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…

The Economic Times · Aug 1

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 Times of India · Jul 31

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

The Independent UK · Jul 31

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.

Bangkok Post · Jul 31

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Bangkok Post · Jul 29

Dialogue offers path to peace

Manila: Thailand and Cambodia should engage more at diplomatic levels to resolve ongoing conflicts, said Asean secretary-general Kao Kim Hourn.

Bangkok Post · Jul 26

Thais reject munitions claim

Thailand has rejected Cambodian claims that its military left nearly 3,900 square kilometres of border areas contaminated with unexploded cluster munitions, saying the figures were unverified and lacked independent forensic evidence.

Bangkok Post · Jul 25

Petrol station denied extra payout over Cambodian rocket hit

The Si Sa Ket petrol station hit by a Cambodian rocket last year will not receive further compensation as its losses were fully covered by insurance and its parent company, the government says.

Bangkok Post · Jul 25

Neighbours swap citizens

SA KAEO: Authorities on Friday repatriated 36 Thai nationals from Cambodia and returned 67 Cambodian nationals through the Klong Luek border checkpoint.

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Bangkok Post · Jul 24

China reaffirms its neutrality

China has assured Thailand it remains neutral in the Thai-Cambodian border dispute, saying military equipment supplied to Cambodia was delivered under an earlier agreement, Defence Minister Lt Gen Adul Boonthumjaroen said.

Bangkok Post · Jul 24

Time to put peace first

This week marks the first anniversary of the Thai-Cambodian border conflict, which erupted after a BM-21 rocket attack killed 11 Thai civilians, including a nine-year-old child, in Kantharalak district of Si Sa Ket. Although the two countries have observed a ceasefire since late December, the path to lasting peace remains…

Bangkok Post · Jul 24

Border spat simmers on a year in

One year has passed since the first Cambodian rocket landed in Kantharalak district, Si Sa Ket province. It remains one of the hardest-hit areas by the armed conflict along the Thailand-Cambodian border, which has forced nearly 200,000 people across seven border provinces to flee their homes and seek safety in…

Bangkok Post · Jul 24

17 held after online store scam ring busted

Thai police have dismantled a fraudulent investment network that lured victims into opening fake online stores under the name “Style Cycle”, arresting 17 suspects and seizing assets worth more than 23 million baht.

The Independent UK · Jul 22

FBI chief hold talks in Cambodia over closer security cooperation to combat online scam crimes

FBI Director Kash Patel has met with Cambodia's prime minister to discuss how to tackle online scams targeting victims worldwide

Bangkok Post · Jul 22

Thailand presses on with Cambodia border fence

CHANTHABURI - Thailand has completed the first section of a permanent border ‌fence along parts of its frontier with Cambodia, the military said on Wednesday, as tensions persist between the two Southeast Asian neighbours following two rounds of fighting last ⁠year.

Bangkok Post · Jul 20

Land border talks have stalled: FM

Foreign Affairs Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said bilateral talks with Cambodia on land-border issues had stalled after Phnom Penh initiated compulsory conciliation under an international treaty over a maritime boundary dispute.

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