In a whirl of activity after landing in Kuala Lumpur, Trump unveiled trade agreements with Malaysia and Cambodia, as well as the frameworks for deals with Thailand and Vietnam. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/28/economy/trump-southeast-asia-trade-edge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #donaldtrump #malaysia #cambodia #thailand #vietnam
Sixty-four South Koreans who had been detained in Cambodia for alleged involvement in cyberscam operations returned home Saturday and were under arrest, a police official said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/18/asia-pacific/crime-legal/south-korea-cambodia-scam-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #southkorea #cambodia #fraud #gangs
A Thai princess has called for the military to construct a barrier along the Thai-Cambodian border after a territorial dispute between the two countries escalated into deadly clashes earlier this year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/asia-pacific/politics/thai-princess-cambodian-border-wall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia
U.S. and U.K. authorities unveiled sanctions against a British-Cambodian tycoon accused of running cyberscam operations where workers, some trafficked, carry out transnational fraud schemes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/asia-pacific/crime-legal/cambodia-prince-us-uk-sanctions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #cambodia #fraud #us #uk #organizedcrime #forcedlabor #humantrafficking
Experts say the landmines that sparked a clash between Thailand and Cambodia were likely newly laid. Phnom Penh denies the accusation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/asia-pacific/politics/landmines-thailand-cambodia-clash/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #landmines #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia
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South Korea will send a special team to Cambodia on Wednesday to discuss cases of fake jobs and scam centers involved in kidnapping dozens of its nationals, officials said a day after Seoul vowed to bring them all home. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/15/asia-pacific/crime-legal/seoul-cambodia-scam-kidnappings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #southkorea #cambodia #forcedlabor #fraud #cryptocurrencies
The U.S. has charged in absentia the chairman of Cambodian conglomerate Prince Group with running a "sprawling cyber fraud empire” that led to the seizure of bitcoin worth about $15 billion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/15/world/crime-legal/us-bitcoin-cambodian-cyber-fraud/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #cambodia #cybercrime #bitcoin #us #fraud #organizedcrime #romancescams
Eighty South Koreans who were possible victims of fake jobs or scam centers were unaccounted for in Cambodia, South Korea's foreign ministry said, after the torture death of a student there shocked the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/14/asia-pacific/crime-legal/south-korea-cambodia-scam-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #southkorea #cambodia #fraud #gangs
U.S. President Donald Trump will attend the ceremonial signing of a peace agreement between Thailand and Cambodia at an upcoming summit of Southeast Asian nations, the foreign minister of host Malaysia has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/14/asia-pacific/politics/cambodia-thailand-trump-asean/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #cambodia #thailand #asean #southeastasia #donaldtrump
India's challenge is to maintain strategic autonomy and to promote its vision of a more inclusive, rules-based and connected South and Southeast Asia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/05/world/indias-dangerous-neighborhood/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #india #nepal #thailand #indopacific #southeastasia #malaysia #cambodia #defense #china #pakistan #bangladesh #democracy
When a five-day conflict broke out between Cambodia and Thailand in late June, both sides were armed with weapons supplied by China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/asia-pacific/politics/peace-arms-china-dual-roles-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #cambodia #thailand #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar
Thai and Cambodian troops clashed in the border area of northeastern Thailand, exchanging gunfire in the first such conflict between their forces since they agreed to a U.S.-backed ceasefire in late July. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/28/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-cambodia-troops-ceasefire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia
Donald Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize campaign – which he recently took to the United Nations General Assembly — has followed a familiar pattern: Invent or inflate a problem, claim to have solved it, and then demand a reward. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/28/world/trumps-peacemaker-hype/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #trump #india #pakistan #cambodia #thailand #rwanda #drc #defense #ukraine #russia #ukrainewar #nobelpeaceprize
Looking to bolster his legacy as a global peacemaker, Donald Trump has boasted often in recent days that he’s ended at least six wars. Critics of the president’s record say the truth is a lot more complicated. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/24/world/politics/trump-wars-settled-dispute/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #nobelpeaceprize #nobels #us #india #pakistan #democraticrepublicofcongo #rwanda #armenia #azerbaijan #cambodia #thailand #israel #iran #serbia #kosovo #egypt #ethiopia
Aichi Prefectural Police have arrested 29 extradited Japanese nationals on suspicion of involvement in phone scams conducted from a northeastern Cambodian town. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/21/japan/crime-legal/aichi-fraud-cambodia-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #aichi #cambodia #fraud #japanesepolice
China expressed support for Thailand and Cambodia in resolving their border dispute on Thursday and offered to provide assistance based on the wishes of both nations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/asia-pacific/politics/china-cambodia-thailand-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #cambodia #thailand
Three Thai soldiers were injured by a land mine on Saturday while patrolling a border area near Cambodia, days after the two neighbors agreed to a detailed ceasefire. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/09/asia-pacific/thailand-soldiers-land-mine-cambodia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #cambodia #thailand #southeastasia #landmines
Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to extend a shaky ceasefire deal that followed five days of deadly hostilities along their border last month, which led to at least 43 deaths. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/08/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-cambodia-peace-pact-extend/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #asean #temples