By Panu Wongcha-um and Devjyot Ghoshal BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH (Reuters) -Thai Army Second Lieutenant Baramee Sricha was on a patrol near a disputed stretch of the border between Thailand and Cambodia on July 16,

Cambodia's government said Wednesday it hopes the U.S. and Britain have sufficient evidence in their pursuit of Prince Holding Group and its Chairman Chen Zhi, after both governments imposed coordinated sanctions accusing the Cambodian conglomerate of running massive online scams and using forced labor.

South Korea has imposed its highest travel warning on parts of Cambodia after uncovering a vast human trafficking and online fraud network that has trapped hundreds of its citizens. The death of a young student exposed the brutality of these scam compounds,

Cambodia has frequently claimed that Thailand struck first and that some strikes targeted civilians. This week some media outlets backed this claim by reporting that Thai Senator Angkhana Neelapaijit “admitted to the media that Thailand used F-16 fighter jets to drop MK-84 bombs to attack Cambodia first”.

Cambodia defends Prince Group and Chen Zhi after $14B bitcoin fraud allegations, with officials disputing claims of online scam operations.

The United Kingdom and the United States announced Tuesday that they have together sanctioned a transnational scam organization operating out of Cambodia.

Federal prosecutors charged Chen Zhi in a massive cryptocurrency fraud and forced-labor scheme tied to Cambodia’s Prince Holding Group.

A parliamentary committee plans to conduct an on-site audit at the South Korean Embassy in Cambodia amid a surge in crimes targeting Koreans in the Southeast As