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Second Thai woman found dead in Poipet

A 28-year-old Thai woman has been found dead in a hotel room in Poipet, only a week after another Thai woman fell to her death in the Cambodian border scam hub.

Bangkok Post · Nov 5, 2025

Cambodians At Quiet Thai Border Plead For Peace

At the usually bustling border crossing of Poipet between Thailand and Cambodia, tuk-tuk driver San Noeun now has to work overnight to make ends meet.

International Business Times · Jun 25, 2025

215 foreigners rescued from Cambodian scam centre

Cambodian police have rescued 215 foreigners, 109 of them Thais, from a scam compound in Poipet city.  

Bangkok Post · Feb 24, 2025

Rescuers scour gutted Cambodian casino

POIPET, Cambodia: Rescue teams recovered eight bodies on Friday from the charred rooms of a casino-hotel, bringing the known death toll to 27, with more than 20 people still missing.

Bangkok Post · Dec 30, 2022

A massive fire at Cambodia hotel and casino kills at least 19 people

Neighboring Thailand sent firetrucks and emergency workers to help cope with the 12-hour inferno in a bustling border town. Some victims are believed to still be under debris or in locked rooms.

WEKU · Dec 29, 2022

Death toll in Cambodia casino fire rises to 19 as scores injured in infernal blaze

At least 19 people have died and 60 more are thought to be injured after firefighters brought a huge blaze at the Grand Diamond City hotel in Poipet, Cambodia under control

Daily Mirror · Dec 29, 2022

At least one Thai confirmed dead in Poipet inferno

Of the 108 known victims of the Poipet casino fire in Cambodia so far, 34 were sent for treatment in Sa Kaeo province of Thailand and one of them died, according to the public health minister.

Bangkok Post · Dec 29, 2022

Several Killed, Scores Injured in Huge Hotel-casino Fire on Cambodian Border

About 10 people are dead and more than a dozen on life support after a fire at a Cambodian border casino, with photos from the scene showing people desperately huddled on ledges and perched on windowsills in a bid to escape the flames. The blaze at the Grand Diamond City…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 29, 2022

Multiple dead after fire breaks out in Cambodian casino hotel on Thai border

At least 10 people are dead after a blaze tore through the Grand Diamond Casino and Hotel in the town of Poipety

Wales Online · Dec 29, 2022

Huge fire in Poipet hotel-casino

At least 19 people have been reported killed and up to 30 were still missing on Thursday night after a fire broke out at a Cambodian casino-hotel complex in the border town of Poipet.

Bangkok Post · Dec 29, 2022