Selam Gebrekidan

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Selam Gebrekidan

The Treasury Department said Huione Group and its affiliates had laundered more than $4 billion. The Trump administration designated a Cambodian financial conglomerate as a money-laundering operation on Thursday, taking the first step to sever its access to the American financial system. The Treasury Department said that since August 2021, the company, Huione Group, and its affiliates had laundered $4 billion for criminals, including hackers in North Korea and scammers in Southeast Asia.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | River Akira Davis |Selam Gebrekidan |Grace Moon

After a plane overshot a runway in South Korea, killing 179 people, a Times analysis found that global standards that help minimize fatalities are inconsistently followed. Jeju Air Flight 2216 did not have to end in such a catastrophe. Early on Dec. 29, a clear Sunday morning, the Boeing 737-800 made an emergency landing on its belly at South Korea's Muan International Airport. The aircraft skidded past the end of the runway, smashed into a concrete structure and burst into flames.

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Selam Gebrekidan |Joy Dong

– Every few weeks, fireworks light up the night sky in Cambodia, set off by scammers to salute their biggest swindles. By the time the shells pop and crackle, somebody’s life savings are probably gone. Maybe the victim fell for an online romance scam or bought into a fake cryptocurrency exchange. Whatever the scheme, the money has vanished, sucked into a complex money laundering network that moves billions of dollars at a dizzying speed.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Grace Moon |Selam Gebrekidan

The pilots' conversation with air traffic controllers, revealed in a partial transcript, could offer clues to what caused the disaster in South Korea, which killed 179 people. The pilots of Jeju Air Flight 2216 signaled three different plans for landing the stricken plane in the minutes before it crashed and killed 179 people in December, according to a partial transcript of their communication with air traffic controllers obtained by The New York Times.

1 month ago | afr.com | Lap Phan |Selam Gebrekidan |Joy Dong |Chang W. Lee

Selam Gebrekidan, Joy Dong, Chang W. Lee and Weiyi CaiMar 25, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Every few weeks, fireworks light up the night sky in Cambodia, set off by scammers to salute their biggest swindles. By the time the shells pop and crackle, somebody’s life savings are probably gone.