Thais fear 3rd round of fighting after Khmer border town is evacuated
THAI residents of Chong Chom border town, Surin province, adjacent to Khmer O’Smach town, Oddar Meanchey province, fear that a third round of fighting could break out between the two countries after their Khmer neighbours started moving their belongings out upon being ordered to not return, Amarin TV said today (Jan. 4). They also […]
Read MoreCambodia bans drone flights and holds nationwide prayers for peace
CAMBODIA’S Defence Ministry banned the flying of all types of unmanned aerial vehicles after Thailand’s Second Army Region said over 250 drones flew from the neighbouring country to Thai sovereign territory, Amarin TV said this morning (Dec. 30). Meanwhile Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, son of senior leader Hun Sen, led people nationwide […]
Read MoreAnutin to push border wall construction while Phnom Penh bans fireworks
ALTHOUGH Caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today (Dec. 29) that the situation along Thai-Cambodian border is currently normal with any minor mishaps not posing a threat to the country he underscored that he will push the construction of a wall along this border, Naewna newspaper and PPTVHD36 said. Amid this calm the Phnom […]
Read MoreThailand and Cambodia agree to ‘consolidate ceasefire’ in China talks
By Agencies – published by CNA and Thai Newsroom Beijing – Thailand and Cambodia plan to rebuild mutual trust and gradually consolidate a ceasefire after weeks of border clashes, Beijing said in a communique with the two countries following talks in southwestern China. The Southeast Asian neighbours on Saturday (Dec. 27) ended weeks of […]
Read MoreThai and Cambodian top diplomats meet in China to solidify ceasefire
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Beijing – Top diplomats from Thailand and Cambodia kicked off two days of talks in China on Sunday (Dec. 28) as Beijing seeks to strengthen its role in mediating the two countries’ border dispute, a day after they signed a new ceasefire. The ceasefire agreement signed on Saturday […]
Read MoreThai and Cambodian top diplomats meet in China to solidify ceasefire
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Beijing – Top diplomats from Thailand and Cambodia kicked off two days of talks in China on Sunday (Dec. 28) as Beijing seeks to strengthen its role in mediating the two countries’ border dispute, a day after they signed a new ceasefire. The ceasefire agreement signed on Saturday […]
Read MoreLarge Chinese cargo plane delivers humanitarian aid to Cambodia
THE Chinese government sent a large cargo plane carrying “emergency humanitarian aid” to Cambodia with Thai netizens closely following this development, Amarin TV said today (Dec. 28). The Army Military Force Facebook page said at 11 a.m. today an Air China Boeing 747-4FTF (400F) cargo plane, flight number CAO10903, registration number B-2475, landed at […]
Read MoreThai-Cambodia 72-hour ceasefire agreement holding up in Sa Kaeo
WITH TENSE expressions Thai Defence Minister Gen. Nattapol Nakphanit and his Cambodian counterpart Gen. Tea Seiha this morning (Dec. 27) signed a joint statement under the Kuala Lumpur agreement assenting to a 72-hour ceasefire and return of 18 Khmer soldiers prisoners of war under the watchful eyes of the Asean Observer Team (AOT) from […]
Read MoreThailand proposes 72–hour ceasefire with PoWs to be freed if truce holds up
CARETAKER Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said this evening (Dec. 26) after a meeting of the National Security Council that Defence Minister Gen. Nattapol Nakphanit will be signing a joint statement on a 72-hour ceasefire at the General Border Committee (GBC) meeting tomorrow and if the truce holds up the 18 Cambodian prisoners of war […]
Read MoreThailand proposes 72–hour ceasefire with PoWs to be freed if truce holds up
CARETAKER Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said this evening (Dec. 26) after a meeting of the National Security Council that Defence Minister Gen. Nattapol Nakphanit will be signing a joint statement on a 72-hour ceasefire at the General Border Committee (GBC) meeting tomorrow and if the truce holds up the 18 Cambodian prisoners of war […]
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