They escaped south-east Asia’s scam compounds. Then they realised they were still trapped
The Guardian / Harriet BarberThe cyber-fraud industry has flourished in Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar, with thousands of people trafficked into the industry. But even those who have managed to find a way out often cannot return homeArtillery fire thundered. Windows shattered. Roofs caved in. And thousands of foreign workers – many who had been tricked and trafficked into the vast cyber-fraud industry that has flourished in south-east Asia – fled.For a brief moment, the regional crackdown appeared to mark a turning point in one of the world’s fastest-growing criminal industries, which has defrauded millions of people globally and generated billions of dollars for organised crime networks. Police and troops across Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar conducted mass raids to empty and demolish some of the region’s massive scam centres. But for many of those who escaped, freedom was only the beginning of another ordeal.18 days ago | ភាសារខ្មែរAustralia’s best pie has a Malaysian prawn curry filling – and its bakers have even bolder flavours in mind
The Guardian / Bertin Huynh65 days ago | ភាសារខ្មែរThe US’s role in the rise of communist regimes | Brief letters
The Guardian / Guardian Staff95 days ago | ភាសារខ្មែរBorder wars, rising costs or a marital reprieve: why are Thai men racing to enlist in the Army?
The Guardian / Rebecca Ratcliffe143 days ago | ភាសារខ្មែរ‘We still deserve due process,’ says Cambodian man deported by US to Eswatini
The Guardian / Rebecca Ratcliffe In Bangkok And Rachel Savage In JohannesbuPheap Rom was one of 15 people sent to prison in African kingdom last year despite completing US sentencesA Cambodian man deported by the US said he would have accepted being sent to Cambodia, but instead ended up imprisoned in Eswatini, a country he knew so little about that when he first read the name he thought it was another immigration detention centre in Louisiana.Pheap Rom, who had been convicted of attempted murder, was one of 10 deportees sent to Eswatini by the US in October 2025. They joined a group of five men, from Cambodia, Cuba, Jamaica, Vietnam and Yemen, who were deported to the small southern African country in July. All were sent to a maximum-security prison. Rom was deported from Eswatini to Cambodia in March.153 days ago | ភាសារខ្មែរSecrets of the karst: new species found in Cambodia’s limestone caves – in pictures
The Guardian / Guardian Staff168 days ago | ភាសារខ្មែរI discovered three new geckos in Cambodia’s limestone caves – and that’s not all we found
The Guardian / Pablo Sinovas168 days ago | ភាសារខ្មែរRise and fall of Prince Group raises awkward questions for Cambodia
The Guardian / Rebecca Ratcliffe In Sihanoukville And Poipet174 days ago | ភាសារខ្មែរFake rooms, props and a script to lure victims: inside an abandoned Cambodia scam centre
The Guardian / Rebecca Ratcliffe And Navaon Siradapuvadol In O’Smach, Cambo177 days ago | ភាសារខ្មែរ