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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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

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64 South Koreans held in Cambodia return home under arrest

South Korea had sent a team to Cambodia on Wednesday to discuss cases of fake jobs and scam centers involved in kidnapping dozens of its nationals.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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

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U.S. and U.K. sanctions target Cambodia's Prince Group and tycoon Chen Zhi

Prince Holding Group, one of Cambodia's largest conglomerates, was a front for 'one of Asia's largest transnational criminal organizations,' the U.S. Department of Justice said.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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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Landmines that sparked Thai-Cambodia clash were likely newly laid, experts say

Cambodia denies Thailand's accusation that it laid the mines along parts of their joint frontier.
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@alxd@writing.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Do you know any #globalSouth #artist interested in #climate and/or #futurism #art ?

#africa #india #brazil #southAmerica #latinamerica #argentina #chile #colombia #southeastAsia #philippines #indonesia #singapore #middleEast #thailand #cambodia #climateChange #illustration

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@alxd@writing.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Do you know any #globalSouth #artist interested in #climate and/or #futurism #art ?

#africa #india #brazil #southAmerica #latinamerica #argentina #chile #colombia #southeastAsia #philippines #indonesia #singapore #middleEast #thailand #cambodia #climateChange #illustration

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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

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Seoul sends team to Cambodia over scam center kidnappings

The team, headed by the vice foreign minister, will depart Wednesday evening, according to a government official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

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

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India’s reckoning with its dangerous neighborhood

All these stories point to a larger worrying trend: Democracy in India’s neighborhood is in retreat.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

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

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Thai and Cambodian troops clash in first breach of ceasefire

The conflict began in late May after the two nations’ armies exchanged gunfire in the border area, resulting in the death of a Cambodian soldier, after which tensions escalated.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

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

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