The new $2 billion airport, in Kandal province about 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Phnom Penh. began operating in September. It is a joint venture between the Cambodian government and the Overseas Cambodian Investment Corp.

The South Korean government team arrived in Cambodia late on Wednesday and hopes to meet Prime Minister Hun Manet in their bid to keep South Koreans out of Cambodian scam centers, the Yonhap news agency reported.

Talks have centered on mutual troop withdrawals, mine clearance, and the possible release of 18 Cambodian soldiers currently in Thai custody.

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s government predicts losses could total 100 billion baht ($3.1 billion) from disruptions to cross-border trade with Cambodia, after a longstanding territorial dispute erupted into armed conflict earlier this year.

The South Korean government will send a joint response team to Cambodia after a surge in kidnappings and a high-profile murder, the presidential office said Tuesday.

Across Cambodia, undernutrition is threatening child survival and development. UNICEF works with partners to strengthen systems and empower families.

As South Korea reeled from the killing of a student in Cambodia, an unrelated video of Cambodian workers protesting in Seoul resurfaced online. It spread widely among Thai users who mocked Cambodians for supposedly insisting their country was not to blame for the death linked to a scam centre gang.

Cambodia has reiterated its support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan as a realistic and credible political solution for Western Sahara.