Thailand has recorded an increase in the number of crimes involving South Korean victims or perpetrators. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Social media users in Thailand and Cambodia have continued to taunt each other with false claims after the neighbours fought a deadly border clash in July 2025. The latest includes an AI-generated image shared in Thai-language posts that falsely claim it showed the arrest of an illegal Cambodian worker in South Korea.

From the Malaysian capital, Trump will move on to much more portentous meetings with the leaders of Japan, South Korea and then China later this week.

South Korea has voiced concern over rising abductions of its nationals in Thailand, urging better international cooperation and protections.

South Korea is eager to conclude a free trade agreement with Thailand, President Lee Jae-myung said during talks with Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.

Cambodia and South Korea have pledged to continue to strengthen their cooperation to prevent, suppress and combat online crimes. This work did not require prompting from any neighbouring country, Prime Minister Hun Manet noted pointedly,

South Korea has banned travel to parts of Cambodia in response to the killing of a Korean student whose death is linked to a scam centre gang, but rumours that Seoul had deployed troops are baseless.

Korean TV partners and title sponsorships have been crucial to not only the LPGA’s success, but its survival over the past 20 years.

SEOUL: As of September, there have been 11 cases of South Koreans being kidnapped in Thailand, one of the most popular tourism destinations for people here, South Korean media reported on Wednesday (Oct 22).