BANGKOK, Feb 9, 2026 — Thailand’s conservative prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul declared victory in Sunday’s general election after projections showed his Bhumjaithai Party emerging as the largest force in parliament, riding a surge of nationalist support. “We are likely to take first place in the election,” Anutin told reporters at
BATTAMBANG, Feb 9, 2026 — A delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has begun an on-site assessment of the humanitarian impact on civilians in Cambodia’s Battambang province following cross-border hostilities, local officials said on Monday. The ICRC team, led by mission chief Dorsa Nazemi Salman, met
BANGKOK, Feb 9, 2026 — Thailand’s conservative prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul declared victory in Sunday’s general election after projections showed his Bhumjaithai Party emerging as the largest force in parliament, riding a surge of nationalist support. “We are likely to take first place in the election,” Anutin told reporters at
PHNOM PENH, Feb 9, 2026 — Cambodia has strong potential to attract Japanese investors and could emerge as a new regional manufacturing base, the head of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) said on Monday. Professor Tetsuya Watanabe, president of ERIA, made the remarks during a
I am writing to share a concern about the public use of hotspot information with limited accuracy due to lack of on-ground verification. In addition, snapshot images taken from hotspot visualised websites and sharing them on social media platforms without a technical explanation can unintentionally misinform the public and create
PHNOM PENH, Jan 21 — Cambodia’s Local Guide community has identified and reported 395 high-risk locations on Google Maps linked to misinformation, deliberate deception and falsely listed or non-existent places, amid a surge in fake locations following the outbreak of the Cambodia–Thailand border tensions, its head said. Chy Sophat, head
PHNOM PENH, Jan 28, 2026 — Cambodia’s Agricultural and Rural Development Bank (ARDB) said on Wednesday it has no involvement with Tether USD (USDT), rejecting what it described as misleading reports linking the state-owned bank to the cryptocurrency. In a statement, ARDB said it has never engaged in trading, transferring
