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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 » Social: 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 » Social: 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 ...
News Cambodia » Preah Vihear » Social: 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 » Social: 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 » Social: 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 » Social: 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 Subscribe for ads-free reading Even by the standards of ...
News Cambodia » Preah Vihear » Social: 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 » Social: 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 » Social: Cambodia celebrates 12 years of Preah Vihear Temple as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
On 7 July, the Government of Cambodia will organize a ceremony at the Preah Vihear Temple to mark the twelfth anniversary after its inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The National Authority ...