A delegation of foreign military attaches is scheduled to visit Preah Vihear temple Thursday, military officials said. Cambodia says the 11 th -Century temple was damaged by Thai artillery in border clashes in February and has asked Unesco to assess the damage.
NEW visa exemptions for Cambodian and Thai citizens came into effect yesterday, expected to boost tourism and trade in both countries. The agreement allows citizens of each country to travel across borders visa-free for 14 days. Koy Kuong, an undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said it facilitated cross-border investment and business [...]
The People’s Alliance for Democracy is all set for yet another gathering on Jan 25 to alert the country to what it claims is an impending territorial invasion by Cambodia. The ultra-nationalist alliance has turned on the government it holds culpable for what it has called the loss of Thailand’s territory on the eastern front. [...]
A group of 79 Democrat MPs on Friday filed a petition initiating the Constitution Court review on two Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission reports, seen as a contentious issue. The petition was submitted via the Office of the House Speaker. MP Sirichok Sopha, a lead sponsor of the petition, said he wanted to clear up the [...]
Thai troops will remain in place in the 4.6-square-kilometre disputed area near the Preah Vihear temple until the border problems with Cambodia are resolved, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says. Mr Abhisit yesterday denied a report that Thai troops were being withdrawn from the disputed area in Si Sa Ket province. Cambodia responded to the announcement [...]
Thailand and Cambodia are looking set to reopen their border crossings near the disputed Preah Vihear temple this week after a lengthy closure, an army source says. The governor of Si Sa Ket and the Cambodian governor of Preah Vihear province have discussed the matter and are expected to reopen the crossings near the ancient [...]
PHNOM PENH – CAMBODIA has postponed opening a border gate with Thailand at the disputed site of an ancient temple, an official said on Wednesday, after conflicting reports over troop withdrawal from the area. ‘We have delayed it indefinitely,’ said Hang Soth, director general of the government-run agency managing the Preah Vihear temple. Cambodia earlier [...]
Cambodia and Thailand have begun a coordinated withdrawal of troops from Preah Vihear temple in preparation for the reopening of the temple’s international border crossing next week. The crossing has been closed since July 2008, when the disputed temple was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, triggering a military build-up along the border…read more.
THE numbers of migrant workers leaving Cambodia for Malaysia and Thailand have soared so far this year, according to recruitment agents, despite welfare concerns. Data released by the Association of Cambodia Recruitment Agencies to The Post showed that 22,425 workers left the Kingdom from January to October, compared to just 11,657 during the whole of [...]
The army has donated 300,000 baht to Cambodia to provide assistance to families of festival-goers killed and injured in a riverside stampede on Monday night. Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha handed the donation to Col Tea Sorachhay, the Cambodian military attache to Thailand on Friday. The army also offered its condolences to the victims and their [...]