Cambodia

Cambodia wants to shed its scam image, but will it go after powerful individuals?

2026-10-16T01:57:09.000Z
Ngon Sokleap, CEO and co-founder of Smiling Gecko Cambodia.
COMMUNITY

‘I gave up my dream to realise the dreams of others’: Cambodian law graduate-turned-NGO co-founder

2026-10-08T04:00:00.000Z
A shuttered complex in Cambodia’s Kandal province following a raid to dismantle suspected illicit online scam and cyberfraud operations.

Cambodia to target casinos in next phase of anti-scam sweep

2026-09-24T09:03:20.000Z
Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Manet says: “Cambodia will not allow criminal syndicates to undermine our country’s progress and the livelihood of over 17 million Cambodian people.”

Cambodia no ‘safe haven’ for scams, prime minister tells anti-fraud summit

2026-09-23T05:24:02.000Z
Despite numerous crackdowns, South-east Asia’s multibillion-dollar cyberscam industry has proven remarkably resilient. 
BRUNCH

Rooting out the scam scourge in South-east Asia

2026-08-28T07:30:00.000Z
Computers and workstations seized by police during an online scam crackdown at a hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Mar 11.

Cambodia to do more to tackle evolving scam networks, PM Hun Manet tells Bloomberg TV

2026-07-24T00:53:37.000Z
Some operators appear to be shifting from large compounds to hotels, apartment buildings and office space that can be rented quickly and abandoned just as fast.

Sri Lanka emerging as a new base for Asia’s scam networks after crackdown in Cambodia

2026-06-09T03:20:56.000Z
Computers and workstations seized by police during an online scam crackdown at a hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Mar 11.

Cambodia scam centres increase despite crackdown: report

2026-06-08T01:32:35.000Z
International oil and gas majors, including TotalEnergies, are keen on potentially starting offshore exploration activities in the Gulf of Thailand.

Global fuel crisis adds urgency to Cambodian push to tap US$300 billion energy resources

2026-05-27T09:37:03.000Z
Thailand's Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow speaks to the media after a special meeting of Asean Foreign Ministers on the Thailand-Cambodia situation at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec 22, 2025.

Thai, Cambodian leaders to meet on Asean sidelines amid uneasy truce 

2026-05-07T08:31:45.000Z