By bne – Phnom Penh Office The World Bank has significantly downgraded Cambodia’s economic growth forecast for 2025, revising it to 4%, down from the previous projection of 5.5%. The adjustment, …
Eyeing Cambodia’s 2015 property prospects
The Cambodian property market has done well this year, despite some stagnation that followed 2013’s troubled national elections. Ross Wheble, country manager at worldwide real estate agency Knight …
Vietnamese-led scam ring in Cambodia busted for defrauding hundreds via fake app
Two Vietnamese scamsters conspired with a Chinese group in Cambodia to trick hundreds of victims into transferring money via a fake task-based app, police in Thanh Hoa Province said.
Thailand targets scam hubs in casino zones at Cambodian border with power, internet cuts as tensions ease
Thailand’s Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that although tensions along the Thai-Cambodian border have decreased, the situation remains fragile. Thailand continues to maintain strict control measures at border points while preparing new efforts to curb cross-border crime — including cutting electricity and internet access to known scam and illegal casino zones near
Tough Talk Drags on in Cambodia-Thailand Border Standoff. but Tensions Appear to Be Easing
Cambodia’s defense ministry says that the country’s troops have not withdrawn from a patch of land whose ownership is hotly disputed by neighboring Thailand …
Thailand, Cambodia Agree to De-Escalate Border Standoff
The governments of Thailand and Cambodia agreed to de-escalate a border standoff by adjusting military forces in the conflict zone, following a skirmish in late May. The decision was announced by Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in a post on X late Sunday.
KB Financial Group to help expand Cambodia’s digital financial sector
KB Financial Group Chairman Yang Jong-hee, left, poses for a photo with Hun Sen, head of the Senate in Cambodia and the former prime minister, during a meeting in Incheon on Wednesday.
Border under close watch
The kingdom’s top army official designated commanders of two task forces to oversee border crossings with Cambodia as tensions simmer following a skirmish in late May.
Thailand Cuts Border Crossing Hours With Cambodia Over Security
Checkpoints, including the busiest in Thailand’s eastern province of Sa Kaeo, halved operating hours to 8 a.m. (0100 GMT) to 4 p.m. local time, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., previously, Thai Foreign …
Thailand urges positive engagement after Cambodia threatens to take dispute to World Court
Thailand called on Cambodia to engage positively in efforts to settle a longstanding border dispute, stressing on Thursday it did not recognise the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice after its neighbour said it would refer the issue to the World Court.