Young people being deceived into forced labor by criminal gangs, primarily involving illegal work in Chinese-controlled special zones in Cambodia, has become a pressing issue not only in Vietnam but across Southeast Asia.
A deadly typhoon strikes Taiwan and the Philippines. Following protests, factories and businesses in Bangladesh reopen. Security concerns are raised by more North Korean trash balloons.Endengered Turtles in Cambodia.
Sitanan, joined by rights activists, submitted a letter at the Government Complaint Center near Government House in Bangkok and Pheu Thai Party headquarters requesting an investigation into the disappearances of Wanchalearm and other political refugees. The party took power in September 2023 with the swearing-in of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and his cabinet.
A Cambodian court has charged two Chinese nationals with the torture and murder of a South Korean social media influencer whose body was found on the outskirts of Phnom Penh earlier this month.
Until recently, China was the world’s top macaque supplier. But in a bid to protect its own vaccine development efforts, Beijing banned their export, leaving Cambodia as the number-one source for a global research industry that was suddenly facing a severe shortfall.
A Buddhist monk who joined a peaceful march organized by an opposition party official that called on the Cambodian government to restore social ethics was ousted by the head monk of his temple for disrupting the public peace.
In order to promote Khmer culture and help in the recovery from past trauma inflicted on by the Khmer Rouge, Cambodian Americans in California are gathering at a traditional night market
Disgraced former Prime Minister Najib Razak, who was sent to prison for 12 years for corruption less than two weeks ago, has petitioned the king for a pardon, the Parliament Speaker said on Monday
Beginning in the second half of 2021, Taiwanese nationals were lured by high-paying jobs to Cambodian scam rings where they were detained, beaten, resold, and otherwise enslaved. According to a rough estimate by Taiwan’s National Police Agency, there are likely thousands of victims
About 30 cultural artefacts from Cambodia were returned to their country of origin following a thorough joint investigation by the United States and Cambodia.Some of the people who looted the artefacts actually helped in bringing some of them back to the Southeast Asian country