Critics and many Western nations view the election - due to start in late December and the first since the coup - as a sham exercise to legitimise the military's rule via proxy political parties. The Southeast Asian nation has been in turmoil since the coup,

Scam centres in Myanmar blamed for swindling billions from victims across the world are expanding fast just months after a crackdown that was supposed to eradicate them, an AFP investigation has found.

Laos has joined Cambodia and Myanmar in the bottom-tier three category on the 2025 Trafficking in Persons Report released in Washington overnight, which blamed corruption, complicity, and even ineptitude by the authorities in all three countries for enabling the scourge.

Justice Department targets Cambodia pig butchering syndicate in $15B bitcoin seizure and sanctions sweep - SiliconANGLE

(Reuters) -The United States imposed sanctions on cyber scam operators in Myanmar and Cambodia on Tuesday, a booming industry the U.S. says stole tens of billions from Americans last year, according to a Treasury Department statement. Criminal networks ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BANGKOK (AP) — Some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia and the U.S. are facilitating efforts to secure an expanded ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia that they hope will be signed during a Southeast Asian summit later this month, Malaysia Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said Tuesday.

Cambodia and Thailand engaged in five days of deadly fighting in July and tensions remain high two months later, but images and clips shared online alongside claims it shows "Cambodian troops mobilising" were not taken near the border between the two ...

(Adds Singapore PM comments, background) By Geert De Clercq SINGAPORE, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Laos and Cambodia condemnned the Western economic sanctions imposed on Myanmar after its brutal crackdown on democracy protests, calling on fellow members of the ...

Scam centres in Myanmar blamed for swindling billions from victims across the world are expanding fast just months after a crackdown that was supposed to eradicate them, an AFP investigation has found.