Politics

30 October 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures to Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim during a meeting on the sidelines of ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 26.
Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet shake hands while U.S. President Donald Trump applauds during a ceremony for the signing of a peace deal between the two Southeast Asian countries on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 26.
Thailand-Cambodia conflict

Thailand and Cambodia sign Trump-brokered peace deal in Malaysia

US president witnesses 'momentous' event as he arrives for ASEAN summit

26 October 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, center, has been using a mixture of threats and incentives to persuade Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, left, and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, right, to settle the border dispute between the two Southeast Asian nations. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP and Reuters) 
Thailand-Cambodia conflict

Thailand's selective diplomacy faces Trump reality check

US leader has been using carrot-and-stick approach to get Thai-Cambodia peace deal

24 October 2025
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Photos

Thailand-Cambodia conflict: Migrant workers face uncertain futures

Whether Cambodians in Thailand stay or leave, all roads are challenging

24 October 2025
Malaysian Brig. Gen. Samsul Rizal Musa, wearing green beret, leader of ASEAN's Interim Observer Team in Thailand, is briefed at an old French border marker in Sa Kaeo province, along the disputed border with Cambodia, on Oct. 11. (Photo by Adryel Talamantes)
Thailand-Cambodia conflict

Thailand and Cambodia gridlocked in an unresolved war of maps

Hypernationalism is fueling a deadly dispute that only goodwill and science can resolve

17 October 2025
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar sit at a fraud factory on the Thailand-Myanmar border, after a multinational crackdown on the compounds run by criminal gangs, on Feb. 26.
Crime

US charges Cambodian executive in massive crypto scam

Over $14bn in bitcoin seized in fraud case amid allegations of forced labor

15 October 2025
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, center, gestures as Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet, left, and Thailand's then-acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai shake hands after talks in Malaysia on July 28.
Thailand-Cambodia conflict

Malaysia 'hopes' Trump will witness Thai-Cambodia ceasefire at ASEAN summit

White House yet to confirm whether U.S. president will attend Southeast Asian regional meeting

14 October 2025
Maj. Gen. Winthai Suwaree, the Royal Thai Army spokesperson, stands in front of the emblem of his force. He told Nikkei Asia in an interview that the military has no immediate plans to reopen the border with Cambodia. (Photo by Adryel Talamantes)
Thailand-Cambodia conflict

Thailand will not reopen Cambodia border anytime soon, Thai army says

Spokesperson says Cambodian fatalities from July clashes could number in the hundreds

1 October 2025
Cambodians line up at a border crossing in Thailand in June. As many as 1 million are estimated to have returned to their home country since a border dispute.
Thailand-Cambodia conflict

Cambodia factories ramp up hiring of post-clash Thailand returnees

Multinational and local employers pounce on opportunity to hire despite logistics bottlenecks

29 September 2025
A deliberately set fire burns through farmland on the Thai-Cambodia border.  Crop-burning to clear land for the next planting cycle is a major contributor to haze across the Mekong Basin. (Photo by Anton L. Delgado)
Policy Asia

Thailand's political turmoil shrouds long-awaited law to tackle smog

Bill to cut haze from crop burning and forest fires left in limbo pending new election

26 September 2025
Han Hak-ja, the leader of South Korea's Unification Church, arrives at Seoul Central District Court in Seoul on Sept. 22.
Crime

Unification Church leader arrested in South Korea over bribery case

Church accused of paying ex-President Yoon's wife and a lawmaker

23 September 2025
Tbong Khmum Deputy Provincial Police Chief You Rethchansara, center, attends the Aug. 1 funeral in Phnom Penh of Leam Sampov Meas, a border police officer killed in the five-day conflict with Thailand in July, according to a Facebook post from the provincial government. (Photo from Facebook)
Thailand-Cambodia conflict

Cambodian military families mourn as nation's Thai conflict toll exceeds 50

Nikkei Asia analysis of Facebook posts indicates there were dozens more deaths than stated

16 September 2025
The Ban Khlong Luek border checkpoint in Aranyaprathet district, Cambodia: All land crossings between the countries remain closed more than a month after the five-day conflict ended.
Economy

Land border closure, migrant worker returns hit Cambodian economy

Growth estimates downgraded despite government optimism

12 September 2025
The new bill was signed into law by Senate President Hun Sen. (Photo by Yuji Nitta)
Thailand-Cambodia conflict

Cambodia enacts law that allows citizenship to be revoked

Nationality legislation targets those found to be colluding with other countries

11 September 2025
Col. Somchok Jantasee, who heads a Thai mine clearing unit, with devices allegedly planted by Cambodian troops that were unearthed along the nations' disputed border. (Photo by Marwaan Macan-Markar)
Thailand-Cambodia conflict

Landmines highlight Thai 'cherry-picking' in Cambodian border crisis

Bangkok seeks international support over devices but not on broader dispute

28 August 2025
A migrant worker dangles from a building under construction in Bangkok. Thai sectors like construction rely heavily on migrants. 
Immigration

Thailand seeks new sources of workers following Cambodian outflow

Kingdom to accept 10,000 Sri Lankans; Nepalis and Bangladeshis could also be on the way

27 August 2025
Thai military and Thailand Mine Action Centre (TMAC) personnel stand guard near the Thai-Cambodian border at Chong Chub Ta Mok area in Surin Province, Thailand, on Aug. 20, 2025.
Opinion

The toxic nationalism of the Thai-Cambodia border crisis

Bangkok's rush to punish neighbor may hurt industries, stoke political dysfunction

26 August 2025
Wat Phu Man Fah, a Buddhist temple in northeastern Thailand, has been accused of copying Angkor Wat. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
Thailand-Cambodia conflict

Cambodia fumes over alleged Thai copy of Angkor Wat

Buddhist temple's similarities to World Heritage site fuel bad blood between neighbors

19 August 2025
Logos are covered at this PTT gas station in Phnom Penh amid a local consumer boycott of goods and services from Thailand. (Photo by Anton L. Delgado)
Thailand-Cambodia conflict

Thai goods and services face boycott in Cambodia over border tensions

Local franchisees of PTT gas station, Cafe Amazon pressured to change branding

15 August 2025
Thai armored personnel carriers on a road in Sisaket province near the border with Cambodia on July 29, the day after a ceasefire between the neighbors.
9 August 2025
A tank drives toward the Thailand-Cambodia border in Sisaket province, Thailand, on July 28. While the ceasefire agreed between the countries has broadly held, the few residents of villages on the Thai side of the border who have not evacuated remain on high alert for renewed fighting. 
Policy Asia

Thai-Cambodian crisis shows military grip amid Bangkok political vacuum

Shaky ruling coalition weakened as Paetongtarn, Thaksin face reckoning in court

8 August 2025
Cambodian Defense Minister General Tea Seiha, left, and Thai Acting Defense Minister Nattaphon Narkphanit speak to reporters separately after a meeting in Kuala Lumpur to discuss the border dispute. (Source photos by Reuters) 
Thailand-Cambodia conflict

Thailand, Cambodia agree to let ASEAN teams monitor ceasefire

Southeast Asian neighbors conclude talks, with plan to hold next meeting within a month

7 August 2025
A Gripen fighter jet rehearses maneuvers ahead of a Royal Thai Air Force 88th Anniversary event at Wing 6, Royal Thai Air Force, in Bangkok, on March 5.
Thailand-Cambodia conflict

Thailand beefs up military arms following conflict with Cambodia

Cabinet approves purchase of four Sweden-made Gripen fighter jets

6 August 2025
The border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia has brought trade to a virtual standstill. (Photo by Kenya Akama)
Thailand-Cambodia conflict

Thailand risks losing $1.85bn in Cambodia trade under prolonged conflict

Bangkok and Phnom Penh approve economic assistance for victims of fighting

6 August 2025
Dr. Keo Chamroeun, head  of the Tamann Senchey health center, enters the damaged medical facility three kilometers from the Thai border in Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey province. (Photo by Anton L. Delgado)
Thailand-Cambodia conflict

Cambodian border residents count cost of Thai clashes

Displaced villagers return to damaged homes and economic hardship

4 August 2025
Cambodians who work in Thailand pour across the Ban Laem border checkpoint as they return home on July 28 due to border clashes between the countries.
Thailand-Cambodia conflict

Thailand-Cambodia clashes shake two labor markets

Myanmar, Sri Lanka workers may fill gap left by Cambodians heeding call to return home

1 August 2025
Thailand and Cambodia agreed to an unconditional ceasefire on July 28 after five days of cross-border conflict in which at least 40 people were killed and around 300,000 displaced. (Source photos by Soveit Yarn, Mohd Rasfan, Lillian Suwanrumpha, Reuters, AFP)
1 August 2025
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31 July 2025
The online conflict between Thais and Cambodians has escalated significantly since the two countries' armies started shelling each other on July 24. (Nikkei montage/Source photo by AP)
Thailand-Cambodia conflict

Thai, Cambodian netizens take border conflict online

Claims, propaganda and vitriol reverberate across social media

31 July 2025
A worker hands food to evacuees at a shelter in Thailand's Buriram Province on July 29. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
Thailand-Cambodia conflict

Evacuees in Thailand-Cambodia conflict don't see ceasefire holding

Displaced people remain in shelters after tenuous truce takes effect

31 July 2025