A Thai passenger was arrested for allegedly smuggling cocaine worth half-a-million dollars hidden inside dolls from Cambodia into Thailand. Housewife Chamaiporn Singthong, 30, was detained at a border checkpoint in eastern Sa Kaeo province,

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.

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

Since a 2014 coup, Bangkok has either been complicit or turned a blind eye to the actions of the security forces of other countries.

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

Thai national Ekkalak Paenoi faces charges including premeditated murder in the Tuesday shooting death of Lim Kimya, 74, in the Thai capital.

Lim Kimya was gunned down by a motorcyclist as he arrived in Bangkok by bus from Cambodia with his French wife.

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.

Users on Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu asked if it was safe to travel to Thailand while a Hong Kong singer-actor canceled his Bangkok concert.

The first biodiversity survey ever conducted in one of northwestern Cambodia’s last forest frontiers has found potentially new-to-science species and recorded direct threats to what conservationists call a “small but precious” ecosystem.

France has condemned the killing of Lim Kimya, who also held French citizenship. Police in Cambodia said they arrested the suspected shooter on Wednesday, and Thailand has requested his return. They named the suspect as Ekkalak Pheanoi, although some Thai ...

Authorities from Myanmar, China, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam agreed to arrest the leaders of criminal syndicates. Read more at straitstimes.com.