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Cambodia

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Capital

Phnom Penh

Head of State

King Norodom Sihamoni

Head of Government

Prime Minister Hun Manet

Passengers take selfies during a Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail ride in Indonesia in 2023. China’s focus on infrastructure and regional connectivity in Southeast Asia has had a profound impact. Photo: Xinhua

US-China relations

Opinion | Why the US could lose more ground in Southeast Asia

While the US remains Asean’s biggest investor, its investment in core infrastructure is limited. Meanwhile, China makes its presence felt.

27 Mar 2025 - 5:30AMvideocam

Climate change

Opinion | Asia is ground zero for the impact of global glacier loss

22 Mar 2025 - 5:30AMvideocam

Thailand

Chinese couple linked to cryptocurrency scam, kidnapping arrested in Thailand

21 Mar 2025 - 6:02PMvideocam

United States

Cambodia’s Hun Sen lauds Trump gutting US-funded media outlets

Voice of America and other US-funded broadcasters getting the cut have long been critical of Cambodia’s influential former strongman.

18 Mar 2025 - 4:11PMvideocam

Hun Sen ruled Cambodia with an iron fist for nearly four decades, shutting down multiple independent media outlets, and the kingdom places near the bottom of international press freedom rankings. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong rolls out smoother entry policy for invited Asean professionals

Scheme allows event attendees and those who can contribute to local economy to make multiple trips to Hong Kong over three-year period.

18 Mar 2025 - 7:04PM

Hong Kong economy

Poll reveals which Hong Kong products are winning over Asean online shoppers

Consumers from Thailand, Indonesia lead in buying products from city, while Singapore respondents have highest spend per purchase.

10 Mar 2025 - 10:04PM

Asia travel

Phnom Penh insider’s guide to the best food, drinks, shopping and spas

Cambodia’s capital has become a hip place to visit. A local recommends where to dine, get pampered and buy gifts and souvenirs.

4 Mar 2025 - 3:06PM

Vietnamese restaurant Bún in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh delivers contemporary design and classic Vietnamese dishes such comforting bowls of pho.

Scams and swindles

Cambodia returns 119 Thais in crackdown on cyberscam centres

Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia have ramped up efforts to curb a cyberscam industry worth billions of dollars a year.

1 Mar 2025 - 9:16PM

War and conflict

2 Cambodian toddlers, aged 2, die after buried grenade explodes

The tragedy, over 25 years after the civil war ended, came after the nation had to partially suspend demining operations when the US halted funding.

23 Feb 2025 - 5:58PMvideocam

Asean

Letters | Formal Asean-China framework could plug the gap in Mekong River cooperation

Readers discuss Asean as a recource for water resource diplomacy, and confusion in the European Union.

23 Feb 2025 - 2:30PM

People arrive at the construction site of the Funan Techo canal in Kandal province, Cambodia, on August 5. Photo: EPA-EFE

Crime

Chinese court tries Myanmar gang accused of scams, drugs, extortion, murder

The 23 members of the group allegedly played a role in a scheme that caused the deaths of 14 Chinese.

19 Feb 2025 - 9:51PMvideocam

A Chinese court has begun hearing charges in the cases of 23 people accused of a range of crimes related to a Myanmar gang, including for telecoms fraud, murder, intentional injury, illegal detention, running a gambling den and running prostitution, according to China’s state media. Photo: SCMP

Video | US aid freeze threatens Cambodian demining efforts

19 Feb 2025 - 5:33PM

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong to become Muslim-friendly city for Asean businesses, tourists: John Lee

Authorities have introduced incentives such as simplifying immigration requirements, offering more halal options, city leader says.

17 Feb 2025 - 8:13PM

Vietnam

‘People can die’: US funding freeze decimates Mekong demining work

Demining advocates argue the US has a moral obligation to solve a problem it helped create.

14 Feb 2025 - 2:27PMvideocam

A member of a demining team prepares to detonate unexploded ordnance in Vietnam’s Quang Tri province: Photo: AFP

Thailand

Video | Thailand shuts power to Myanmar’s scam hub

Thai prime minister is due to meet President Xi Jinping to discuss the scam crisis

6 Feb 2025 - 2:39PM

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Thailand

Thailand shuts power to Myanmar’s scam hub, PM Paetongtarn vows firm action

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is slated to meet President Xi Jinping to discuss issues including the scam crisis.

6 Feb 2025 - 2:47PMvideocam

Asia travel

YouTubers blamed for monkey attacks on tourists at Angkor temples

At Angkor Wat and other temple ruins nearby, macaque monkeys fed by YouTubers creating videos are stealing visitors’ food and injuring them.

5 Feb 2025 - 6:45PM

Thailand

AI-assisted scam costs Thai beauty queen US$118,000

The scammers allegedly used AI to impersonate Thai police officers to deceive victims including Thai-British beauty queen Charlotte Austin.

5 Feb 2025 - 11:32AMvideocam

Police said Thai-British beauty queen and actress Charlotte Austin was one of at least 163 victims deceived by the scam group. Photo: Instagram/itscharlotty

Crime in Hong Kong

Editorial | ‘Scam farm’ rescues rest on following the right path to freedom

Return of remaining Hong Kong residents held by fraudsters in countries bordering Thailand hinges on balancing operational needs and transparency.

5 Feb 2025 - 6:15AM

Crime in Hong Kong

Scam farm victim returns to Hong Kong, as officials vow to help 9 others

Woman was found on the Myanmese side of border near Thailand’s Tak province on Sunday.

4 Feb 2025 - 10:39PMvideocam

United States

Sudden US funding freeze forces Cambodia to partially halt mine clearance

President Trump has pressed pause on helping clear unexploded bombs, many of which were dropped by the US in the Vietnam war.

31 Jan 2025 - 6:26PMvideocam

An unexploded landmine in a field in northwestern Cambodia. People still die in the country or are horribly maimed due to unexploded bombs. File photo: AP

China-Asean relations

China tries to downplay claims it pulled out of Cambodian canal project

Embassy in Phnom Penh publishes article dismissing recent reports that cast doubt on Beijing’s commitment to the Funan Techo project.

29 Jan 2025 - 9:20PMvideocam

The groundbreaking ceremony for the project was held in August. Photo: AFP

Thailand

Crime kingpin who claims he spied for China ‘fears for his life’ in Thai jail

Lawyers for She Zhijiang, who is fighting extradition to China, say the Chinese national can no longer walk after being ‘brutally’ attacked.

27 Jan 2025 - 10:17AMvideocam

Crime in Hong Kong

Hongkonger stuck in Thailand to fly home on Monday after scam farm ordeal

Security chief Chris Tang ‘thankful’ to secure return of 29-year-old in time for Lunar New Year.

25 Jan 2025 - 4:21PMvideocam

Lunar New Year

4 people die in Cambodia in Lunar New Year gift crush

The crowd had gathered at a local tycoon’s home to receive Lunar New Year red envelopes filled with money.

23 Jan 2025 - 5:01PM

A crowd gathers at the mansion of Cambodian tycoon Sok Kong to receive red envelopes filled with money ahead of the Lunar New Year, in Phnom Penh. Photo: AFP/Fresh News

Crime in Hong Kong

Electric shocks, physical assault: inside Southeast Asia’s forced labour camps

Recent high-profile rescue of mainland actor Wang Xing has put the plight of thousands trapped in compounds in focus.

24 Jan 2025 - 3:53PM

Hong Kong society

Second Hong Kong man rescued from Southeast Asia scam farm: ex-politician

Former District Councillor Andy Yu tells the Post the man has fled to Bangkok after four months of captivity.

20 Jan 2025 - 8:53PM

War and conflict

Cambodia extends mine-free deadline after villager, 2 deminers killed

The villager ‘ran over an anti-tank landmine’ on his farm in northwestern Battambang province.

18 Jan 2025 - 4:50PM

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