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The current Thailand-Cambodia border clashes result from centuries of rivalries primarily around a centuries old temple, as well as the rousing of nationalist passions in both the Southeast Asian ...
News Cambodia » Preah Vihear » Politics: A 1,000-year-old cliff-top temple lies battered after Cambodia-Thailand border clashes
PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia — It's been three months since a ceasefire ended bitter border fighting between Cambodia and Thailand, but signs of combat are cut deep in this 11th-century Hindu temple atop a ...
News Cambodia » Preah Vihear » Politics: Thai and Cambodian Troops on Alert Amid Saber-rattling in the ‘Emerald Triangle’
A detail from Ta Muen Thom temple, which is currently the subject of a dispute between Thailand and Cambodia. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Ddalbiez Even by the standards of Thai-Cambodian relations, the ...
News Cambodia » Preah Vihear » Politics: Cambodia Says It Will Take Thai Border Dispute to International Court
Late last month, a 48-year-old Cambodian soldier was killed during a military clash in a disputed area of the border. Cambodia’s government says that it will seek a ruling from the International Court ...
News Cambodia » Preah Vihear » Politics: Cambodia says it will take border dispute with Thailand to top U.N. court
Cambodia said it plans to seek a ruling from the U.N.’s International Court of Justice over border disputes with Thailand, one of which triggered a fatal military clash last week.
News Cambodia » Preah Vihear » Politics: An ancient temple at the heart of a modern conflict
PREAH VIHEAR PROVINCE, Cambodia — The sandstone walls are more than a millennium old but they are pockmarked with holes from artillery fire. An ornate column has collapsed. A carving of a mythical ...
News Cambodia » Preah Vihear » Politics: Preah Vihear Temple
The fighting is raising energy prices, hitting farmers and reshaping geopolitics. We look at the ripple effects worldwide. By Katrin Bennhold A rare visit to a Khmer temple on Thailand and Cambodia’s ...
News Cambodia » Preah Vihear » Politics: Altars of Fire, Oceans of Milk: Mytho-History and the Thai-Cambodian Border Conflict
And as moths swiftly rushing enter a burning flame and die, so all these men rush to thy fire, rush fast to their own destruction. The flames of thy mouth devour all the worlds. Thy glory fills the ...
News Cambodia » Preah Vihear » Politics: Cambodia says it will take border dispute with Thailand to top UN court
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia said it plans to seek a ruling from the U.N.’s International Court of Justice over border disputes with Thailand, one of which triggered a fatal military clash last ...