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Thailand Issues Arrest Warrant for Cambodia Casino Tycoon Kok An

Thailand Issues Arrest Warrant for Cambodia Casino Tycoon Kok An

Posted on: July 8, 2025, 05:32h. Last updated on: July 8, 2025, 05:32h. Thai police raid Kok An-linked sites in nationwide crackdown Crown Casino tied to regional trafficking and scam operations Arrest warrant strains already tense Thai-Cambodian...

Thai dress sparks Unesco row as Cambodia asserts cultural claim

Thai dress sparks Unesco row as Cambodia asserts cultural claim

BANGKOK – A potential cultural clash is brewing as Thailand prepares to submit its exquisite royal traditional dress (Chut Thai Phra Ratchaniyom) for consideration as a Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2026. This move has been...

Cambodia ready to fund transport of 20 antiquities from Thailand

Cambodia ready to fund transport of 20 antiquities from Thailand

Timeline: Thailand’s repatriation of Cambodian antiquities In 2000, Thai authorities seized 43 Cambodian antiquities illegally imported from Singapore. Over the years, 23 items were returned to Cambodia following Cabinet approvals in 2009 and...

Cambodia Urges Thailand to Honour Agreement on Repatriation of 20 Khmer Artifacts

Cambodia Urges Thailand to Honour Agreement on Repatriation of 20 Khmer Artifacts

Hits: 102 Created: 07 July 2025 Hits: 102 (Phnom Penh): Cambodian Minister of Culture and Fine Arts Phoeurng Sackona sent a letter to Thai Minister of Culture Paetongtarn Shinawatra regarding the suspension of the repatriation of the 20 pieces of...

Cambodia Airways launches direct Phnom Penh–Penang flights

Cambodia Airways launches direct Phnom Penh–Penang flights

Cambodia Airways’ new direct flights from Phnom Penh to Penang enhance regional connectivity and drive tourism and economic cooperation forward. PENANG, MALAYSIA – Tourism Malaysia celebrated the official launch of Cambodia Airways’ inaugural...

Media reports more African nations facing US visa prohibition

Media reports more African nations facing US visa prohibition

(MENAFN) The United States is reportedly preparing to broaden its controversial visa restrictions to include citizens from 36 more countries—25 of which are in Africa—according to an internal State Department memo cited by The Washington Post over...

Is Fashion Ready for Climate ‘Crunch Time’?

Is Fashion Ready for Climate ‘Crunch Time’?

“We are playing Russian roulette with our planet,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned at the American Natural History Museum in New York City last month, citing a World Meteorological Organization that predicted even more...

Cambodia Partners with China to Promote Sports Tourism Through Martial Arts

AKP Phnom Penh, July 08, 2025 -- The Ministry of Tourism of Cambodia is partnering with the Kun Khmer Federation of Cambodia and Emei-Legend, a renowned martial arts club from Sichuan Province, China, to promote sports tourism and boost...

Thai-Cambodian Traditional Dress Sparks UNESCO Heritage Debate

Thai-Cambodian Traditional Dress Sparks UNESCO Heritage Debate

BANGKOK — A heated debate has emerged between Thailand and Cambodia over traditional wedding attire following Cambodia’s submission to UNESCO for Intangible Cultural Heritage recognition, with Thai nationalist groups raising concerns about...

Fashion brands move slow on green promises

Fashion brands move slow on green promises

The fashion industry is responsible for up to 8% of the world's planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions, according to United Nations figures, which many of its companies have promised to tackle with targets to reach net zero by 2050 or sooner. Yet...

Top four lessons from the art of the tariff deal  

Top four lessons from the art of the tariff deal  

Believers will say it’s been months of 4D chess. But believers of the US tariff policy are few and far between. It is more likely that, following months of whiplash and negotiations, the deals that countries reach (if they manage to) will be...

Cambodia’s strategic push for trade diplomacy at Expo 2025 Osaka

Cambodia’s strategic push for trade diplomacy at Expo 2025 Osaka

Synopsis: Cambodia’s presence at Expo 2025 is a declaration of its post-pandemic resilience and readiness to engage with the world. Cambodia’s pavilion – inspired by the ancient temples and the growing economic and trade investment opportunity –...

Cambodia calls out Thailand over continued misleading claims

Cambodia calls out Thailand over continued misleading claims

Synopsis: Cambodia rebukes Thailand over ‘misleading’ border claims, citing violations of MoU 2000 and international law, and defends its move to seek ICJ intervention amid escalating tensions. Following the revelation of the MoU 2000 and other...

Cambodia slams allegations of ties to N Korean hackers

Cambodia slams allegations of ties to N Korean hackers

A screen shot of a mobile phone show the Telegram of BlackEye-Thai hacker group. KT/Pann Rachana Synopsis: Cambodia denies collusion with North Korean hackers, accuses Thai group of cyberattacks amid escalating digital tensions. The Ministry of...

Thai dress unrelated to Cambodia's wedding tradition, says Culture Ministry

Thai dress unrelated to Cambodia's wedding tradition, says Culture Ministry

Addressing concerns on social media about Cambodia’s proposal to submit its "Khmer wedding tradition" to UNESCO, he clarified that the submission pertains to a cultural heritage unique to Cambodia and does not involve the “Thai traditional dress”...

Cambodia says Thailand attempting to ‘tarnish’ it with claims it engaged North Korean hackers

Cambodia says Thailand attempting to ‘tarnish’ it with claims it engaged North Korean hackers

PHNOM PENH – Cambodia accused Thailand on July 7 of a “malicious attempt” to smear its reputation with accusations it has launched cyber attacks on the neighbouring nation, as a diplomatic feud festers. The South-east Asian neighbours have been at...

Fast Fashion’s End Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

Fast Fashion’s End Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

When President Donald Trump started his trade war with China earlier this year, the fast-fashion industry seemed poised to take a major hit. Stiff tariffs and changes to other trade rules pushed the Chinese-founded companies Shein and Temu to...

What fashion has done so far to avoid tariffs

What fashion has done so far to avoid tariffs

The reciprocal tariffs announced by Donald Trump in April have hit fashion, which has its largest consumer market in the world in the United States and the largest concentration of its value chain in Asia. Three months later, the president of the...

Culture Ministry Submits Nomination Dossier of Khmer Traditi...

AKP Phnom Penh, July 08, 2025 -- The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts of the Kingdom of Cambodia has prepared and submitted the nomination dossier for the “Khmer Traditional Wedding, Khmer Marriage, or Kar” to the Secretariat of the...

Cambodia says Thailand attempts to ‘tarnish’ it with hacking claims

Cambodia says Thailand attempts to ‘tarnish’ it with hacking claims

Cambodia accused Thailand on Monday of a “malicious attempt” to smear its reputation with accusations it has launched cyber-attacks on the neighbouring nation, as a diplomatic feud festers. The Southeast Asian neighbours have been at loggerheads...

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