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Security stepped up at Surin border after provocation by Khmer troops

  THE Thai army tightened security at Chong Chom border crossing in Surin province after provocation by Cambodian soldiers with armoured personnel carriers deployed to control the area, Naewna and Amarin TV said this evening (April 2). ACM Praphas Sonjaidee, the Thai air force’s assistant commander-in-chief and director of the Joint Information Centre for the […]

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 New anti-personnel landmines found at Trat border

  THE Thai navy discovered six new PMN-2 anti-personnel landmines at Chamrak area, Mueang district, Trat province, during an operation, entitled  “Trat Pikhat Phairi” (Trat Annihilates the Enemy), to reclaim and clear this zone yesterday (Feb. 14), Amarin TV said today. RADM Parach Rattanachaiyapan, the navy’s spokesperson, said investigation confirmed that these mines were newly […]

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 New anti-personnel landmines found at Trat border

  THE Thai navy discovered six new PMN-2 anti-personnel landmines at Chamrak area, Mueang district, Trat province, during an operation, entitled  “Trat Pikhat Phairi” (Trat Annihilates the Enemy), to reclaim and clear this zone yesterday (Feb. 14), Amarin TV said today. RADM Parach Rattanachaiyapan, the navy’s spokesperson, said investigation confirmed that these mines were newly […]

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Tensions rise in Sisaket after ‘ill-disciplined’ Khmers fire grenade 

  THE border area in Sisaket province is tense today (Feb. 5) after Cambodian troops fired a 40mm grenade to the Thai side which their commanders explained occurred through a lapse in discipline by their troops and they have been warned, Amarin TV said this afternoon. The Second Army Region said they had coordinated with […]

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Tensions rise in Sisaket after ‘ill-disciplined’ Khmers fire grenade 

  THE border area in Sisaket province is tense today (Feb. 5) after Cambodian troops fired a 40mm grenade to the Thai side which their commanders explained occurred through a lapse in discipline by their troops and they have been warned, Amarin TV said this afternoon. The Second Army Region said they had coordinated with […]

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Urgent! Grenade lands near Thai base in Sisaket 

  THE Second Army Region said a 40mm grenade fired by Cambodians landed near an operational base in Sisaket province at 10.18 a.m. this morning (Feb. 5) but fortunately all troops stationed there are safe, TV Channel 7 said. The grenade which hit in the Phlaen Hin Paet Kon area, specifically the right flank of […]

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Urgent! Grenade lands near Thai base in Sisaket 

  THE Second Army Region said a 40mm grenade fired by Cambodians landed near an operational base in Sisaket province at 10.18 a.m. this morning (Feb. 5) but fortunately all troops stationed there are safe, TV Channel 7 said. The grenade which hit in the Phlaen Hin Paet Kon area, specifically the right flank of […]

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Khmers are building ‘many bunkers along Sa Kaeo border’

  A WELL-KNOWN social activist posted a photo on his Facebook page showing Cambodians building a bunker along K5 road bordering Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province with his Khmer source saying over a hundred such structures had already been constructed there, Amarin TV said last evening (Jan. 23). Mr. Guntouch Pongpaiboonwet, or Gun Jompalang, said in […]

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Thai army denies firing at Khmer troops first amid claim they did not respond

  THE Thai army firmly denied Cambodia’s claim that Thai troops opened fire at Khmer soldiers who did not return fire at the border in Sisaket province this afternoon (Dec. 7) pointing out that a clash erupted after Khmer troops crossed over to the Thai side while road improvement work was underway, Naewna newspaper said. […]

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Khmer troops haven’t seized cliff in Buriram: Army

  THE Second Army Region denied that Cambodian troops have seized Pha Inthra cliff area in Buriram province as mentioned in social media posts circulating widely today (Dec. 1) and is gearing up to take legal action against those spreading the fake news, PPTVHD36 said. This regional army said a team from security agencies responsible […]

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