Thailand seeks parliamentary approval to establish a committee for maritime dispute negotiations with Cambodia.

Leaving Thailand for Cambodia

The Thai authorities accused an adviser to Hun Sen of hiring the gunman who killed a former Cambodian opposition figure in Bangkok last week.

The Cambodian government has extradited to Thailand the Thai ex-marine suspected of murdering former Cambodian opposition MP Lim Kimya, a dual Cambodian-French citizen, who was shot dead on Tuesday in a tourist area of Bangkok.

The gambling tycoon, who says the case against him is politically motivated, was arrested in Bangkok in 2022 on an international warrant and an Interpol red notice sought by Beijing. A Thai court in 2023 ordered his extradition to China but She is appealing the ruling.

Wang Xing was living in fear. His head had been shaved. He couldn’t sleep and was in a strange place where his captors were forcing him to type – the first phase of training for an unwanted role.

Filipinas were rescued by the Cambodian National Police in an apartment in Kandal Province. Thirteen of them were pregnant.

Police have issued warnings against traveling to Cambodia or Thailand when others have paid for the travel fare in light of increasing cases of teenagers, middle-aged and elderly people being tricked into traveling to these countries and then being held for ransom.

For government critics in Southeast Asia, fleeing abroad does not necessarily mean safety. Thailand is growing particularly dangerous for foreigners seeking protection.

The private sector has applauded calls by Prime Minister Hun Manet to hasten the development of Cambodia’s railway networks.

Thailand and China will work together to combat fast-growing networks of illegal call centres along the Thai border with Myanmar and Cambodia, often staffed by trafficked workers, that aim to defraud people in phone and online scams.

Authorities from the region agreed to arrest the leaders of criminal syndicates. Read more at straitstimes.com.