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Cambodia’s temple wall

Phnom Penh - Cambodia plans to build a Berlin-style wall to shut off Thailand and develop tourist facilities around the still disputed Preah Vihear temple, a senior official said on Sunday.
The Cambodian government will build a series of walls at “complicated border areas,” while still calling for talks to mark and properly demarcate the frontier, […]

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LEAD: Thailand, Cambodia make headway in border dispute talks

The foreign ministers of Thailand and Cambodia agreed Tuesday that their two countries should continue to pull back troops from disputed areas of the border.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting at Cha-Am beach resort, about 180 kilometers southwest of Bangkok, Thai Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag said he and his Cambodian counterpart Hor Namhong welcomed […]

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Nurse: Disease will claim lives if Cambodia-Thai temple talks fail

Preah Vihear, Cambodia - Personnel near an ancient temple on the Thai-Cambodia border warned Sunday that if talks over disputed borders fail, lives will be lost - but to disease, not war.
Nurse Keo Neang from the Preah Vihear district health department said malaria, scurvy and also diseases spread by poor sanitation had all begun […]

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Cambodia, Thailand agree to reduce troops at border area before FMs meeting

Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to reduce their troops to the minimum level at and around the Keo Sikha Kiri Svara Pagoda as well as in the vicinity of the Preah Vihear Temple in the eponymous Cambodian province, before the foreign ministers from both sides convene their second meeting on July […]

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Stok Kakthom Temple May also Belong to Cambodia

Thailand is doing its best to claim its sovereignty over the Tamoan Thom temple, though this temple, actually, belongs to Cambodia. The Preah Vihear temple and the Tamoan Thom, Tamoan Touch temples and others which are along the Cambodia-Thailand border of the Dangrek mountain would be focus point of border dispute. This will include another […]

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More and More Cambodian Leaders Go to Preah Vihear Temple

It is just at this present time Cambodian people, particularly the leaders from all ranks both at national and provincial levels are going to visit the Preah Vihear temple by bringing along with foods and other materials to offer soldiers, monks and people living there. This occurs while Cambodia has had border dispute with Thailand […]

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Thailand uses delay strategy for border dispute resolution

It is a great ideas which Dr. Ros Chantraboth, Vice President of Royal Academy of Cambodia, expressed his ideas through local newspaper over the border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand. This would be encouraged and highly appreciated. I read an article about his ideas and to some extend this could give Khmer people some ideas. […]

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Military Tension between Cambodia and Thailand Eased

I talked with my friends about the military tension between Cambodia and Thailand over border issues at Preah Vihear temple and Tamoen temple. They see that Thailand does not respect the Cambodia’s territory and invade Cambodia. Thailand seems to be very flexible over the issue. They sometime show the feeling of angry and wish […]

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Solutions for Border Disputes Shall Base on Treaty and International Laws

A lot of people I met and talked wish to see the border dispute be solved internationally based on treaties which were made between French (represented Cambodia) and Thailand during 1900s and international laws, including the decisions made by the International Court of Justice in 1962. It is right as bilateral talks had failed to […]

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Tamorn Thom Temple of Cambodia Is Another Border Dispute Issue

While the border dispute over the Preah Vihear temple is still not solved completely, another border dispute at Tamorn Thom temple is another new dispute between Cambodia and Thailand. Cambodia claims that it is not only the Tamorn Thom temple, but also Tamorn Touch temple which Thailand also claims as its property. Actually, The two […]

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