International Community (20th – 24th Oct. 2025)
| UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy Matt Western’s trip aims to reaffirm the UK's commitment to strengthening trade, investment, and sustainable economic development in the Kingdom. http://bit.ly/42QmGcm; About 50 South Koreans repatriated from Cambodia have been formally arrested on accusations they worked for online scam organizations. http://bit.ly/42P4mjM; The US Treasury sanctioned three Singaporeans and 17 Singapore-registered entities for allegedly aiding a massive Cambodia-based crypto scam network tied to Prince Holding Group. The sanctions, covering about US$15 billion in bitcoin, mark the largest asset seizure in US history. http://bit.ly/4hnDZYb; Five South Korean bank subsidiaries in Cambodia, which hold approximately 91.2 billion won ($63.8 million) in deposit balances belonging to US- and UK-sanctioned Prince Holding Group—a Cambodia-registered entity —have frozen the balances after it was declared a transnational criminal organisation last week. Cambodia and South Korea said that a delegation of lawmakers from South Korea´s National Assembly visited a building in Cambodia allegedly used by an online scam operation involving dozens of South Koreans. http://bit.ly/49iZLdz; Talks between Thailand and Cambodia this week have made "meaningful progress", Thai defence minister Natthaphon Narkphanit said, ahead of the potential signing of a broader ceasefire agreement between the two countries. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said that Cambodia and Thailand are set to sign a Peace Agreement at the ASEAN Summit from October 26-28 in the presence of the US to end the border conflict and restore bilateral relations. Thai authorities tore down at least one home belonging to a Cambodian villager in a disputed border area of Banteay Meanchey province, local authorities and Thai media said. http://bit.ly/4oAtOC7; Defense ministers of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam agreed to foster regional military cooperation and enhance joint disaster-response efforts during the annual defense ministers’ meeting in Vientiane in mid-October. |
