South Korea’s foreign minister met Monday with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet to pressure him to suppress burgeoning large-scale online scam operations that have been blamed for the brutal death of a Korean student.

The Thai army has condemned Cambodia for newly laying landmines which seriously injured Thai soldiers in Thailand’s Si Sa Ket province, breaching a peace agreement both countries recently signed.

The United States on Thursday lifted a Biden-era arms embargo on Cambodia following several high-profile meetings between officials of both countries.

As Myanmar raided a notorious scam centre on its border with Thailand, a video was shared in social media posts falsely claiming it showed the junta making arrests at a hub in the frontier area of Myawaddy.

Cambodian authorities have arrested 263 suspects, including 17 women, during a major operation targeting a suspected online scam ring based in Preah Sihanouk province.

A recent peace agreement between Thailand and Cambodia signed in the presence of US President Donald Trump seeks to de-escalate tensions between the Southeast Asian neighbours following a deadly border dispute but questions remain over whether the accord will yield tangible progress.

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun will visit Cambodia next week to discuss ways to cooperate on combating scam crimes in the Southeast Asian country, the foreign ministry said Thursday, amid concerns about online scam operations targeting South Korean nationals.

Cambodia is embarking on a major economic transformation to bolster self-sufficiency by promoting its home-grown "Khmer Products" to rely less on imported goods.