Cobra Gold 2026 unites four nations in amphibious warfare drill
TROOPS from four nations – Thailand, the United States, South Korea and Singapore – today (Feb. 26) engaged in an amphibious warfare drill at Haad Yao beach, Sattahip district, Chonburi province, as part of Cobra Gold military exercise running from Feb. 24 to March 6, Amarin TV said. Overseeing the drill were Adm. Pairoj […]
Read MoreSouth Korean court hands life term to ex‑president Yoon in insurrection trial
By Reuters and published by CNA SEOUL – A South Korean court ordered life in jail on Thursday (Feb. 19) for former President Yoon Suk Yeol, after holding him guilty on charges of abuse of authority and masterminding an insurrection, stemming from his December 2024 attempt to impose martial law. Prosecutors had sought the […]
Read MoreScammers have moved their base from Cambodia to Thailand: Magazine
SCAM gangsters have allegedly moved their base from Cambodia to Thailand following joint crackdown by South Korean and Cambodian police in the neighbouring country, Amarin TV quoted an article published by South Korean magazine Sisa Journal as saying this evening (Oct. 21). This magazine’s reporter contacted the middle manager of a scam centre in […]
Read More7 Thai politicians not linked to a Cambodian scam case: South Korea
AFTER word spread in local media that the South Korean government is about to name seven Thai politicians as being involved with a Cambodian scam case, the South Korean embassy immediately issued a denial and branded it as fake news, Naewna newspaper and Amarin TV said today (Oct. 19). In a statement published on […]
Read MoreThailand and South Korea join forces to combat call centre scammers in Cambodia
THAI Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung agreed to join forces to combat call centre scammers in Cambodia during a phone call today (Oct. 16), Naewna newspaper said. Ms. Traisulee Traisaranakul, secretary-general to the Prime Minister, said in a Facebook post the South Korean President mentioned during the telephone […]
Read MoreWitnesses reveal brutalities in Cambodia’s criminal camps
By Yonhap News Agency and The Korea Times Seoul – Lawlessness, assaults, torture and deaths are commonplace in Cambodia’s notorious criminal compounds, witnesses and their acquaintances told Yonhap News Agency on today (Oct. 14), amid numerous reports of South Koreans being victimised by online scammers operating in the Southeast Asian country. Testimonies have also […]
Read MoreTrump issues blitz of tariff announcements on copper, Brazil, South Korea, small-value imports
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Washington – US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (July 30) issued a blitz of tariff announcements ranging from changes to previously threatened levies on imports of copper, goods from Brazil and South Korea, to ending an exemption from tariffs for small-value shipments from overseas. The wave of announcements […]
Read MoreSouth Korean financial, romance scammers nabbed in Chonburi villa raid
Updated at 12.55 a.m. A RAID on a luxury pool villa in Bang Lamung district of Chonburi today (June 21) led to the arrest of 20 South Korean men and just one Chinese man on the charges of running a financial and romance scam operation, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening. A team of […]
Read MoreSouth Korea authorities enter presidential residence to arrest impeached Yoon
By Agencies and published by CNA Seoul – South Korean investigators entered the presidential residence early Friday (Jan. 3) seeking to arrest Yoon Suk Yeol, the first time the country has ever sought to arrest a sitting leader. Investigators from the Corruption Investigation Office, which is probing Yoon’s short-lived declaration of martial law on […]
Read MoreDeath toll from Jeju Air crash in South Korea crosses 100
By Agencies and published by CNA Muan County, South Korea – At least 124 people were killed when an airliner landed without wheels, veering off the runway and erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall at South Korea’s Muan International Airport on Sunday (Dec .29), the national fire agency said. Jeju […]
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