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Cambodia nabs 2,100 in raids on scam hubs
The Manila Times
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July 19, 2025
PHNOM PENH — Authorities in Cambodia continued their stepped-up campaign against online scam centers, arresting at least 500 suspects in two provinces on Thursday and Friday, the country’s information minister said. CRACKDOWN ON SCAMMERS In this...
Cambodian PM: Entire Nation Stands Firmly with Frontline Tro...
AKP
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AKP Phnom Penh, July 19, 2025 -- Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet has reaffirmed the Royal Government’s and the whole Khmer nation’s strong support to the frontline troops. In a message via his social media network this...
Rebuilding lives in the shadow of Khmer Rouge terror
WAtoday
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July 19, 2025
Mum and Dad escaped to Thailand, married in a refugee camp and had my sister in Khao I Dang before being sponsored to come to Australia in 1983. For which Dad says he is forever grateful: “So happy, a new life.” Forty at the time, Dad didn’t want...
Cambodia Reaffirms Policy for Border Reopening
AKP
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AKP Phnom Penh, July 18, 2025 -- Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, has reiterated Cambodia’s firm stance on the reopening of border crossings with Thailand, emphasising a three-point policy that are...
Cambodia Sets Ambitious Goal to Slash Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 54%
Construction & Property News
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July 19, 2025
In a significant move towards combating climate change, Cambodia has committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 54% through the implementation of 49 key measures. This announcement was made by His Excellency Dr. Eang Sophallet, Minister...
Thaksin Threatens Cambodia Protest Over 'Fresh' Landmine as Hun Sen Talks End
The Nation Thailand
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July 19, 2025
Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has warned that Thailand will lodge a formal protest against Cambodia if investigations confirm that a Thai ranger stepped on a newly planted landmine along the border, whilst announcing an end...
Cambodia denies involvement in landmine blast injuring Thai soldiers
Bangkok Post
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July 19, 2025
PUBLISHED : 19 Jul 2025 at 13:11 The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) has firmly denied claims made in Thai media reports alleging that Cambodian forces were responsible for planting landmines that injured three Thai...
New Landmines Found on Thai Border: Military Blames Cambodia and Vows Retaliation
The Nation Thailand
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July 19, 2025
No Civilian Evacuations, But Border Clearances to Continue Despite the gravity of the situation, Lt Gen Boonsin confirmed that there was no immediate need to evacuate civilians. He pledged that the military would clear all mines along the border...
Cambodia makes 311 mln USD from bicycle export in H1
Xinhua News Agency
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PHNOM PENH, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia exported bicycles worth 311 million U.S. dollars to foreign markets in the first half of 2025, a year-on-year rise of 51.7 percent from 205 million dollars, said a Ministry of Commerce's report on Saturday....
World : Cambodia Raids Expose Foreign Women Involvement In Scam CentresÂ
Bernama
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July 19, 2025
By Vijian Paramasivam PHNOM PENH, July 19 (Bernama) - About 20 per cent of suspects arrested in Cambodia this week for alleged online scam crimes are women from developing countries. The state media outlet Agence Kampuchea Presse reported that...
Fancy Bear Hackers Target Governments and Military Entities with Advanced Tools
GBHackers
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July 18, 2025
Fancy Bear, designated as APT28 by cybersecurity experts, represents a sophisticated Russian cyberespionage collective operational since 2007, renowned for infiltrating governments, military organizations, and strategic entities globally. This...
Cambodia: Scamming crisis survivors must be protected amid police crackdown
Amnesty International
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July 18, 2025
Responding to reports and Cambodian government announcements that a crackdown on scamming compounds in the country is under way, Amnesty International’s Regional Research Director Montse Ferrer said: “A coordinated government response to...
Cambodia continues raids on scam centers; over 2,100 nabbed in 3 weeks
Inquirer
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July 19, 2025
In this photo provided by state news service Agence Kampuchea Press, alleged online scammers stand next to their tools collected by authorities at its site in a classroom on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, July 18, 2025. (AKP via...
World : Cambodia Cracks Down On Online Scam Centres
Bernama
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July 19, 2025
PHNOM PENH, July 19 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- Cambodian authorities have arrested 2,270 suspects, including 424 women, in the latest crackdown on online scam centres across the kingdom, Xinhua reported. Information Minister Neth Pheaktra said on Friday,...
Long Beach will join ACLU’s lawsuit against recent ICE raids
Signal Tribune - California
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July 18, 2025
Long Beach is joining the American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) lawsuit against the month-long immigration raids that have terrorized Southern California, the City announced at a press conference Friday afternoon. The lawsuit filed on July 1 was...
Repressive Laws Are Increasingly Being Used to Silence Activists Across Asia
The Diplomat
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July 18, 2025
Four years ago, on the 32nd anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, plain clothes police arrested human rights lawyer and pro-democracy activist Chow Hang-tung outside her office in Hong Kong. Her alleged crime? Publishing two social...
Cambodia Refutes Thailand’s Allegation over Recent Landmine...
AKP
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AKP Phnom Penh, July 18, 2025 -- The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) has firmly rejected recent Thai media reports alleging that Cambodia was responsible for a landmine incident that injured three Thai soldiers....
PM, Deputy Defense Minister visit wounded rangers in Ubon, vow support and probe into border landmines
Pattaya Mail
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July 18, 2025
Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Natthapol pledges nearly 1 million baht in aid and a full investigation into the landmine blast that left one ranger amputated; says Thailand “will not hesitate to act” if new mines violate international treaty. UBON...
Oman U-23 edge Bahrain in Bishkek International friendly opener
Oman Observer
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July 18, 2025
MUSCAT, JULY 18 The Oman U-23 Olympic team began their campaign in style at the four-team international friendly in Bishkek city, Kyrgyzstan with a 1-0 victory over Bahrain on Thursday. The only goal of Oman team scored by Abdulaziz al Shaqsi in...
Cambodia cybercrime crackdown arrest tally hits 2,000
Channel News Asia
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July 18, 2025
PHNOM PENH: The number of suspects arrested in a Cambodian crackdown on internet scam centres has risen to 2,000, a government minister told AFP on Friday (Jul 18). The United Nations has described Southeast Asia as the "ground zero" of cybercrime...