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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 » Religion: Preah Vihear Temple at risk? Why UNESCO is concerned about escalating tensions between Cambodia and Thailand
Phnom Penh: UNESCO has expressed deep concern over the escalating conflict between Cambodia and Thailand. The organisation warned that the renewed tensions between the states threaten cultural ...
News Cambodia » Preah Vihear » Religion: Border standoff leaves Cambodia’s ancient clifftop shrine empty
The UNESCO-listed temple is on many travellers’ bucket lists, but it’s been a no-go zone since last year’s fighting between the country and Thailand.
News Cambodia » Preah Vihear » Religion: Why Cambodia and Thailand Are Fighting Over a Hindu Temple
Preah Vihear, also called Prasat Ta Muen Thom, is a Hindu temple complex at the heart of a long-standing border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand. The temple, which has long been in ruins, ...
News Cambodia » Preah Vihear » Religion: A Postcolonial Preah Vihear
When thinking of architecture of the Khmer Empire, which once ruled much of Southeast Asia, Angkor Wat is usually the first to come to mind. But perhaps you’ve heard of Preah Vihear? This small Hindu ...
News Cambodia » Preah Vihear » Religion: Disputed Preah Vihear Land Is Cambodian, Court Rules
Cambodian Buddhist monks walk at Preah Vihear temple near the Cambodia-Thailand border in Preah Vihear province, some 400 kilometers north of Phnom Penh on November 12, 2013. Cambodia welcomed and ...
News Cambodia » Preah Vihear » Religion: Cambodia: Preah Vihear victory concert
The Cambodia government held a concert to celebrate the listing of Preah Vihear Temple as World Heritage Site by UNESCO. But tensions are not yet over. Thai troops are still stationed near the temple.
News Cambodia » Preah Vihear » Religion: 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 » Religion: Thai MPs Urge Talks with Cambodia Over Access to Preah Vihear
Sporadically fought between 2008 and 2011, the Little War – as it is sometimes known – had an enormous impact on Cambodia-Thailand relations that still rankles to this day. Even now, the border ...
News Cambodia » Preah Vihear » Religion: Factbox: Preah Vihear temple, a lightening rod for Thai-Cambodia
(Reuters) - Fighting broke out between Thai and Cambodian soldiers on Friday and Saturday along a disputed stretch of their border, near the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple. By Saturday afternoon, ...
News Cambodia » Preah Vihear » Religion: Factbox - Preah Vihear, a lightning rod for Thai-Cambodia tensio
PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia (Reuters) - Fighting broke out between Thai and Cambodian soldiers on Friday and Saturday along a disputed stretch of their border, near the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple.