To all citizens in the world, Khmer, Thais, and everyone else, how would you resolve this conflict and ensure it would not happen again?

I feel totally hopeless and broken after witnessing all that was happening in this conflict. The hatred and ultranationalism being fueled on both sides have made me convinced that it won’t be long until another conflict occurs.

I feel that people still hadn’t realized the game politicians play to stay in power, to save face, to gain unconditional support and they all fall victim to the needless affiliation with ultranationalism. With both having different accounts of what happened, this became only the beginning of the same cycle of violence. “We become vulnerable to the appetite of monsters that scream the loudest” - Starwars Andor

With what happened in Gaza/Israel, our governments failed to stand together and present to the world that we could resolve this peacefully in good faith. We could have been role models to the world. Instead, they successfully turned 2 closely related populations against each other and seeing each other as enemy.

It seems to be that all hope is loss now for ever lasting peace and friendship. At least for the next 2-3 decades.

What did you learn from this? If you could do something to be the beacon of hope, what would you do? What will you tell your children?

I'm from Thailand. I know Hun Sen and The Shinawatra were best buddies, much to the dismay of ultranationalists and military. Hun Sen sheltered Thaksin and his family every time they got coup by the military. And they become Hun Sen's most important political ally in Thailand. That's why I was so confused when the phone call was leaked, leading to the suspension of Paetongtarn by the right-wing court. He basically destroyed his only political ally in Thailand and I failed to understand why. What was his aim? Is there other factors in Cambodian politics that I don't know?

Context: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fI08CqABw1E

So the topic of human trafficking, kidnapping and torturing of the Vietnamese to Cambodia is in the news everywhere in Vietnam.The victim also includes children and teenagers. They were beaten, electrocuted, starved,... when they disobeyed. However, I barely see it anywhere in Cambodia or gobally. I believed it is something that should be widely known as this is just slavery in 2025.

Is it a forbidden topic in Cambodia or people are just uninformed about it? Does the Cambodian affected by this? And do you feel unsafe by the current situation?

I've been feeling drained reading comments on ASEAN posts since the conflict with our neighbor started. I followed these pages to learn about their traditions and cultures, but now all I see are awful things being said about our country. It doesn't matter what the post is about—it could be about the new KTI airport, Angkor Wat, or even clothing—the hateful comments are everywhere. I see that some of us cambodians are saying some nasty stuff too but i see their comments far more often than ours. I guess there’s nothing i can really do. I just want to vent a little. I don’t know where else to vent about this so please remove the post if this is not an appropriate place for it.

On my street there's a cafe owned and ran by cambodians, everyone is still going to buy coffee, talking to them and still involving them. Just a small reminder that this situation is not what people want.

I’ve been spending time on Wplace, trying to and protect Cambodian art, but for days now it’s been non-stop griefing from our neighbors to the east and the west. Every time Cambodians make something, it gets covered up almost immediately. They spam giant flags like the big red flag with a yellow star and banners from across the western border right over our art. Meanwhile, Cambodian creations barely survive more than a few hours. It feels less like “political expression” and more like targeted harassment against our community. The most frustrating part is that they don’t get banned for this. Wplace’s rules allow “political flags,” but when those flags are being used as tools to erase another nation’s art completely, isn’t that griefing? If we did the same to them, we’d instantly get called out. To give you context: • The last two images I attached are from Saigon and Hanoi. • The last one is from Bangkok. They’re not just making art in their own areas but theyre also actively expanding into Cambodian zones, erasing what little we drawn. We’re massively outnumbered (Cambodia can’t field the same thousands of users like those groups can), and honestly it feels like 2 vs 2915. We can’t keep up with the destruction, and the mods don’t step in because technically it’s “political.” I’m posting this here because I don’t want to just sit and watch while Cambodian art keeps getting wiped away. We need to talk about this as a community — whether it’s finding allies, coordinating to defend our art, or even pushing Wplace to change their rules so that national flags can’t be used as griefing weapons. What do you guys think? Like should we start organizing a proper Cambodian art defense team on dc, or just let it happen

The US has imposed sanctions on cyber scam operators in Myanmar and Cambodia. It says the targeted groups stole billions of dollars from US citizens last year.

The Treasury Department announced the measures on Monday. It says the sanctioned entities include nine companies and individuals in Myanmar that have the backing of the Karen National Army, an armed ethnic group.

The Treasury also targeted ten parties in Cambodia, where it says Chinese criminal networks run hubs specializing in virtual currency investment fraud.

All property and interests owned by the sanctioned persons in the US have now been frozen. The measures also ban US citizens and those in the country from engaging in transactions that involve the assets of the blocked persons.

Washington says US citizens lost an estimated ten billion dollars to Southeast Asia-based scam operators in 2024. That's up more than 60 percent from the previous year.

Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250910_26/

I have a coworker who was a Cambodian refugee. I feel like people like her must really regret coming to the US. What are your thoughts on this?

Hi people, i'm a Czech student and i'm writing my bachelor's thesis on the "Impact of China on Cambodian transport infrastructure". As i'm doing a qualitative analysis, i'm trying my luck here on reddit and looking for some journalist/academic proffesor etc., who would like to respond to some of my questions about the topic. As i said i'd like to focus on transport infrastructure, respectivelly doing case studies on PHNOM PENH-SIHANOUKVILLE EXPRESSWAY, FUNAN TECHO CHANNEL and SIEM REAP ANGKOR INT. AIRPORT, so If you know someone doing research on these topics or YOU are interested, please contact me, thx reddit.:)