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Cambodian opposition figure Sam Rainsy speaks during an interview at the Gran Melia Hotel after a press freedom event in Jakarta, in May 2023.
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2026
Exiled Cambodian opposition leader urges Japan to aid democracy
In a recent interview in Tokyo, Rainsy criticized former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, 74, and his family for establishing a “dictatorship.”
Vientiane, Laos, in 2023
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 11, 2026
16 Japanese detained in Laos for suspected scam involvement
The incident is part of a series of crackdowns on Japanese nationals suspected involvement in such schemes in the Southeast Asian country.
This aerial photo taken on Nov. 4 shows the newly restored West Mebon temple in Siem Reap province, Cambodia.
WORLD / Society
Nov 10, 2026
Macron’s Angkor visit highlights France’s custodial role
Former colonial power France plays a pivotal role in conservation projects in Cambodia.
A workstation at a compound in Cambodia that the Thai military said was used for scam operations in March.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 31, 2026
Scam centers relocated from Cambodia operate in Madagascar
Raids against online scam centers in Madagascar have exposed ties with a criminal group that ran similar operations in Cambodia.
The Villa Vie Odyssey cruise ship docked at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, Cambodia, where permanent residents living aboard the vessel have been forced to disembark, on Wednesday
WORLD / Society
Oct 29, 2026
A cruise ship was their home. Now residents of Villa Vie Odyssey must leave.
The ship’s hundreds of residents have been ordered to disembark in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, where it has been stranded because it can’t afford fuel.
Children play with Halloween decorations at a park in the Koh Norea satellite city in Phnom Penh on Oct. 22.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 28, 2026
Cruise strands passengers in Cambodia after fuel surge
The luxury cruise company suspended operations, citing “extraordinary” fuel costs.
The Presidential Palace in Hanoi on May 26, 2025. Viet Tan has called on the governments of Norway and Australia, as well as international human rights organizations, to press Hanoi for three people's immediate and unconditional release.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 29, 2026
Vietnam arrests three on terrorism charges, including Norwegian and Australian citizens
Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security said the three men had admitted to being members of Viet Tan, a U.S.-based pro-democracy group.
A drone view of the site of Legend Innovation, also known as Meun Chey Commercial City or Legend Park, linked to online scam operations and forced labour abuses, in Tbong Wat village in Cambodia’s Prey Veng province this month.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 28, 2026
Cambodia to target scam ‘masterminds’ as critics question crackdown’s effectiveness
After COVID, Cambodia became a hub for scam centers where workers are trafficked, kept in grim conditions and forced to defraud strangers online.
Police stand outside a closed cyberscam center in Kandal province, Cambodia, on Sept. 22.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 24, 2026
Cambodia to target casinos in next phase of anti-scam sweep
Cambodian Senior Minister Chhay Sinarith says that some casinos, though licensed, are suspected of involvement in online scams and gambling.
An aerial view shows a closed cyberscam center compound in Cambodia's Prey Veng province on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 22, 2026
Cambodia showcases scam crackdown with conference amid growing pressure
Southeast Asia has emerged as a hub for crime syndicates running centers filled with scammers — some willing, some trafficked.
A participant attends the annual Pride Festival in Hanoi in September 2019. States seeking to stifle work that challenges imposed norms are clearly trying to suppress LGBTQ activism and the community's artistic expression.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2026
Art, surveillance and the politics of memory in Southeast Asia
Moral policing and repression across SE Asia increasingly target artists, especially queer and trans creators, threatening cultural expression.
Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow arrives for the first meeting of a conciliation commission to resolve a maritime dispute between Thailand and Cambodia set up under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, in Singapore on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 15, 2026
Cambodia ‘playing the victim,’ Thailand tells global mediators
Both countries are involved in a United Nations-backed conciliation process to resolve a maritime dispute between them.
Students carry donations in a "waiting village" in Svay Chek district in Banteay Meanchey province, Cambodia, on Aug. 24.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 4, 2026
Cambodians displaced by border conflict start over, but most want to go home
Cambodian families forced to flee last year’s deadly border clashes with Thailand now live in “waiting villages” built by the government.
Vendors prepare shoes for sale at a market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on April 24, 2019.
BUSINESS
Aug 4, 2026
Asia’s energy-starved nations go dark as Hormuz tensions drag on
The cost of gasoline in parts of the region spiked after U.S. strikes on Iran in disrupted energy supplies.
Inside a compound that had once been used by scammers in Samraong, Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia, before being taken by the Thai military
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 30, 2026
U.N. says human trafficking into Asian scam centers is surging
The U.N. migration agency says people from more than 80 countries have been lured ?in ?through social media, with some being sexually abused.
Two cruisers donated by the Vietnamese government to the Cambodian Navy take a delegation for a tour off a Cambodian naval base near Sihanoukville.
JAPAN
Jul 19, 2026
Japan to provide patrol boats to Cambodia in first OSA
Cambodia will receive aid under the OSA program, which provides defense equipment free of charge to like-minded countries.
Thai soldiers inspect inside a workstation at a compound in O'Smach that the Thai military said was used for scam operations, at the Chong Chom-O’Smach border crossing, in Samraong, Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia, on March 6.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 15, 2026
Cambodian tycoon was landlord to Chinese scammers and human traffickers
A gambling empire controlled by a powerful Cambodian tycoon ?was the landlord of a compound that was used for industrial-scale scamming and human trafficking operations, a news investigation?has found.
Cambodia's Cardamom National Park in Koh Kong province on June 11. The last confirmed tiger sighting in Cambodia was captures on camera trap footage in 2007 but conservationists say they may soon be able to reintroduce the big cats.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Jul 9, 2026
Cambodia wants to bring back tigers, but should it?
The plan would see India send several of its more than 3,600 tigers to southwestern Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains, a protected expanse of lush rainforest.
Security forces escort migrants after their arrival at Freetown International Airport, in Lungi, Sierra Leone, on May 20.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 8, 2026
How U.S. is using cash and threats to dump migrants in Africa
Lawyers say deportees have been thrown into a “legal black hole,“?held without charges in countries where they have no ties and few if any rights.
Tokyo police sent papers to prosecutors last month on three men linked to a Japanese construction company for allegedly bribing a Cambodian government employee.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 7, 2026
Japanese executives accused of bribing Cambodian government worker
The company side allegedly gave about $1,000 in cash to an official of Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce in July 2021.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
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‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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