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Workers leave a suspected scam-center compound in Sihanoukville on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 16, 2026
Fraudsters flee Cambodia’s ‘scam city’ after alleged kingpin deported to China
The Cambodian government has said it is cracking down on the multibillion-dollar industry but residents said many people moved out days before the arrival of authorities.
Suspects transferred from Cambodia and arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department at Narita Airport on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 15, 2026
13 arrested in Japan over Cambodia phone scam ring
The suspects, ranging in age from their 20s to 60s, were arrested for alleged fraud after being flown back to Japan.
Cambodia Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly, at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 27.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 14, 2026
Cambodia to keep up crackdown on scam centers after arrest of alleged mastermind
The arrest of Chen Zhi and his extradition to China was “not the end” of the Southeast Asian nation’s battle to stamp out transborder crimes, its foreign minister said.
Guards escort accused scam boss Chen Zhi off a China Southern plane in Beijing in this undated image released on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 9, 2026
‘Sever the chain’: Scam tycoons in China’s crosshairs
China is moving against the scammers making fortunes in Southeast Asia, driven by mounting public pressure and Beijing’s desire to keep control of judicial processes, analysts say.
People stand beside a crater in front of a damaged police station following clashes between Cambodian and Thai soldiers in Boeung Trakoun village in Banteay Meanchey province on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 6, 2026
Thailand says Cambodia border strike wounds soldier and violates truce
Thailand’s army said Cambodia claimed that a fresh cross-border fire was an accident, after Bangkok accused Cambodian forces of violating a 10-day truce.
Cambodian Buddhist monks participate in a prayer for peace at Win-Win memorial in Phnom Penh on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 30, 2025
Thai army accuses Cambodia of violating truce with over 250 drones
The Southeast Asian neighbors had only just agreed to an “immediate” ceasefire on Saturday.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (center) looks on as Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn (left) shakes hands with Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow during a meeting in China's Yunnan province on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 29, 2025
Thailand and Cambodia agree to ‘consolidate ceasefire’ in China talks
A statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry did not ​mention the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ role in facilitating the ceasefire.
Protesters demonstrate against then-Prime Minister Hun Sen during the EU-Asia leaders summit in Brussels in October 2018, and though his son Hun Manet is now prime minister, the father remains the dominant force in Cambodian politics.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 29, 2025
The world is failing Cambodia (again) — and this time everyone is suffering
Cambodia’s entrenched CPP regime shows signs of elite fracture under Hun Sen, creating a rare window for meaningful change.
Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Seiha (left) and his Thai counterpart, Nattaphon Narkphanit, hold documents during a special meeting at a border checkpoint in Thailand's Chanthaburi province on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 27, 2025
Thailand and Cambodia sign truce to halt fierce border conflict
The neighbors’ longstanding border conflict had reignited this month, shattering an earlier truce and killing at least 48 people.
Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow speaks at a news conference following a special ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting on the Thai-Cambodian border conflict, in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 23, 2025
Cambodia and Thailand to hold talks on resuming Trump’s truce
The fierce border fighting between them has entered a third week with at least 80 people killed so far.
A damaged bridge after Thailand carried out airstrikes on Saturday in an area between Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey and Siem Reap provinces
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 22, 2025
ASEAN to seek resolution to end Thailand-Cambodia conflict
Thailand and Cambodia are to attend the gathering of ministers in Kuala Lumpur, the first face-to-face meeting between the governments since the fighting resumed on Dec. 8.
A man inspecting a garage damaged by Thai airstrikes in Poipet town, Banteay Meanchey province, Cambodia, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 19, 2025
Thailand says Cambodia border fight is also a war on scammers
The framing shows Bangkok is seeking to align itself with both Washington and Beijing.
Cambodia’s casino-hub town of Poipet, on the country’s border with Thailand, in June. Thailand’s military bombed the town of Poipet on Thursday, according to the Cambodian defense ministry.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 18, 2025
Cambodia says Thailand has bombed casino town on border as hostilities continue
Renewed fighting this month has killed at least 21 people in Thailand and 17 in Cambodia, while displacing around 800,000, officials have said.
A house that was damaged in a Thai military strike in Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province, on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 18, 2025
China seeks to mediate Thailand-Cambodia clash Trump says he ended
China has engaged with both sides since the start of the violence, but has kept a much lower profile than the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with the leaders of Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia after the ceremonial signing of a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 26. Hostilities between the two countries have since resumed.  
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2025
White House 2025 Asia upheaval set to continue in 2026
Will the Trump administration learn from its counterproductive actions in Asia in 2025? It seems unlikely.
Military personnel arrange coffins during a ceremony to transport bodies to their home town, inside a military aircraft in Ubon Ratchathani province, Thailand, on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 15, 2025
Thailand mulls blocking fuel exports to Cambodia as conflict escalates
At least 16 soldiers and 10 civilians have died, and hundreds have been injured since the latest round of clashes, with 258,626 civilians displaced, according to Thai authorities.
People wait to collect aid at a refugee camp near the disputed border between Thailand and Cambodia in Cambodia's Meanchey province on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 13, 2025
Fighting continues between Thailand and Cambodia after Trump claim of ceasefire
Cambodia said Thai forces, including fighter jets, continued to strike targets across their disputed border on Saturday morning.
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul speaks to reporters to announce the dissolution of parliament on Friday in Bangkok.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 12, 2025
Thailand’s snap poll set to boost odds for PM Anutin, but risks loom
The political maneuvering came after fierce clashes erupted again this week at the Thailand-Cambodia border.
Renewed fighting between Thailand and Cambodia over a century-old border dispute near the Preah Vihear Temple, which both sides claim, highlights the dangers of unresolved historical conflicts in the region and exposes ASEAN’s limited capacity to enforce lasting peace.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 12, 2025
Why Thailand and Cambodia keep fighting the same war
In 1962, the International Court of Justice ruled in favor of Phnom Penh, a decision it reaffirmed in 2013. But the surrounding border area was never fully demarcated.
Displaced residents line up for face masks and other supplies at an evacuation center in the Thai border province of Surin on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 11, 2025
Fighting rages at Cambodia-Thailand border ahead of expected Trump call
At least 15 people, including Thai soldiers and Cambodian civilians, have been killed in the reignited border conflict, officials said.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Iran war exposed, but hasn’t changed, Japan’s reliance on imported oil
Wind turbines generate energy from strong easterly winds on the Shonai Plain in Yamagata Prefecture. Despite the oil crisis caused by conflict near the Strait of Hormuz, and concerns instability in the region could continue to impact supply and the price of imports, the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi does not seem to be drawing on the war as a pretext to hasten progress toward Japan's renewable goals.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.

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