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Fraudsters flee Cambodia's 'scam city' after accused boss taken down
AFP, Published on 16/01/2026
» SIHANOUKVILLE (CAMBODIA) - Hundreds of people dragged away suitcases, computer monitors, pets and furniture as they fled a suspected Cambodian cyberfraud centre, after the country's most wanted alleged scam kingpin was arrested and deported.
Inside the 'living hell' of Cambodia's scam operations
AFP, Published on 09/11/2022
» Trafficked, beaten and locked up far from his family in China, Lu was one of thousands of people in Cambodia forced to operate online scams to line their captors' pockets.
Boat capsizes off Cambodia, 23 Chinese nationals missing
AFP, Published on 23/09/2022
» More than 20 Chinese nationals are missing at sea after a boat capsized off the coast of Cambodia, an official said Friday.
Cambodia re-opens to fully vaccinated travellers
AFP, Published on 15/11/2021
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has announced that fully vaccinated foreign travellers can visit the kingdom without quarantine from Monday, giving a boost to the Covid-hobbled tourism industry.
Which Asia-Pacific countries are re-opening to foreign visitors?
AFP, Published on 27/10/2021
» Thailand's re-opening to vaccinated foreign tourists marks a major easing of border controls for Asia, where governments have been far slower to roll back coronavirus travel curbs than in much of the West.
All aboard the Cambodian cafe train to nowhere
AFP, Published on 11/06/2021
» PHNOM PENH - Train travel has largely ground to a halt in Cambodia due to the coronavirus but railway fans can still get their fix aboard a stationary carriage converted into a hipster cafe.
US evacuates from Japan virus ship as China death toll climbs
AFP, Published on 17/02/2020
» YOKOHAMA, Japan: The US flew home its citizens from a coronavirus-infected cruise ship in Japan Monday, with other nations preparing to follow suit as global concerns grow over the spread of the disease and the death toll at its Chinese epicentre topped 1,700.
SE Asia tourism splutters as virus keeps Chinese at home
AFP, Published on 16/02/2020
» LUANG PRABANG, Laos: Elephant parks unvisited, curios at markets unsold as tuk-tuks sit idle: Southeast Asia is facing billions of dollars in losses from a collapse in Chinese tourism since the outbreak of a deadly new coronavirus.
Cambodia building collapse death toll hits 36 as rescue called off
AFP, Published on 05/01/2020
» KEP (CAMBODIA) - The search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed building in southern Cambodia drew to a close Sunday with the final death toll at 36 -- the latest tragedy in a string of deadly construction accidents.
Rescuers scour rubble as Cambodia building collapse toll rises to 18
AFP, Published on 23/06/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Rescue workers on Sunday picked through the rubble of a collapsed Chinese-owned building in a Cambodian beach town in a desperate search for survivors, after the construction site accident killed at least 18 people.