In late December 2025, renewed fighting along the Thailand–Cambodia border created the first major shock to Cambodia’s compound-linked ecosystem. Armed clashes erupted again near Poipet and O’Smach after a temporary pause in hostilities, with artillery fire, air strikes, and ground engagements affecting border towns on both sides. International reports confirmed that commercial and residential areas close to the frontier were hit or placed at risk, prompting evacuations and t

For more than a year, 赵俊成 (Zhao Juncheng)  was a familiar name on Chinese social media. He did not become known through fame, controversy, or media interviews, but through repetition. His father appeared again and again on Douyin, publicly calling out his son’s name, pleading for information, asking strangers to remember him. Video after video, the same message, the same fear, the same unresolved absence. Over time, this persistence turned Zhao into a semi-famous individual o

A major scam compound in Min Let Pan, south of Myawaddy, descended into chaos this week after clashes between Karen National Union (KNU) forces and the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) fractured the security perimeter around two linked cyber-fraud enclaves known locally as Baoli Zone and Shunda Zone. What started as a territorial confrontation quickly unraveled into panic, indiscriminate gunfire, and mass flight attempts. Foreign workers were caught between collapsing

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