Thailand and Cambodia’s leaders held bilateral talks on the sidelines of ASEAN meetings, drawing attention to growing regional cooperation, economic priorities and geopolitical challenges facing Southeast Asia.

A South Korean court has sentenced a 90-year-old woman to one year in jail for helping her jailed son launder drug proceeds.

Thai authorities have extradited She Zhijiang, a Chinese national and gambling kingpin, to China following a Thai court ruling earlier this week, ending a legal battle that lasted over three years.

On October 10, South Korea’s foreign minister summoned Cambodia’s ambassador following a spike in reported kidnappings of South Korean nationals connected to job scams in the Southeast Asian country.

A Thai soldier was seriously injured Tuesday after stepping on a landmine near the Cambodian border, just days after the two countries agreed to a ceasefire following deadly clashes last month.