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Cambodian PM accuses Thais of war mongering

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Cambodia’s leader accused Thailand on Wednesday of loving war and said he wants to talk peace with his Thai counterpart at an upcoming regional meeting.
In his first comments since border fighting began last Friday, Prime Minister Hun Sen said he welcomes talks with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit [...]

Read More » No commentApril 27, 2011

ASEAN ministers to discuss Thai-Cambodia conflict

JAKARTA (AFP) – Southeast Asian foreign ministers met Tuesday to discuss a deadly border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand that has claimed at least 10 lives and displaced thousands, officials said.
But with Thailand steadfastly rejecting any outside mediation it is unclear what the other eight ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) [...]

Read More » No commentFebruary 22, 2011

Cambodia calls claim of soldiers at temple slander

PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia – Cambodia angrily rejected Thailand’s accusation that Cambodian troops used a centuries-old temple along their disputed border as a military base, revving up a war of words Wednesday amid a fragile truce.
The mountaintop Preah Vihear temple, designated as a World Heritage site, was the scene of fierce artillery battles during a four-day [...]

Read More » No commentFebruary 9, 2011

Thailand, Cambodia clash again at disputed border

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Thailand accused Cambodia of refusing to negotiate to resolve a border dispute that led to the fourth straight day of fierce clashes Monday, as Phnom Penh said that only U.N. peacekeepers can stop the fighting near an 11th century temple.
Cambodia says the crumbling stone temple — classified as a World Heritage [...]

Read More » No commentFebruary 8, 2011

Cambodian, Thai troops clash near disputed temple

PHNOM PENH (AFP) – Thai and Cambodian soldiers have clashed near a disputed temple on the two countries’ shared border, officials from both nations told AFP, amid increasing tensions between them.
“A clash is ongoing”, said Cambodian government spokesman Khieu Kanharith without elaborating.
A Cambodian soldier stationed near the ancient Preah Vihear temple, which is claimed by [...]

Read More » No commentFebruary 4, 2011

Cambodian court bails four Thais in border case

PHNOM PENH (AFP) – Four Thais charged with illegally entering Cambodia were released on bail Tuesday but a fifth — a high-profile nationalist activist — was ordered to remain in detention, a prosecutor said.
The five were among seven Thais arrested in Cambodia on December 29 for illegal entry and trespassing on a military area, charges [...]

Read More » No commentJanuary 18, 2011

US Navy commander returns to Cambodian roots

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia – The distant thuds of gunfire and bombs weren’t nearly as memorable for Michael Misiewicz as fishing barehanded with his older brother in Cambodia’s Mekong River.
In 1973, as a 6-year-old then called Vannak Khem, he was more concerned with boys’ games than the deepening war — unaware, like most Cambodians, of the trauma [...]

Read More » No commentDecember 6, 2010

Cambodia denies Thai assassination plot allegation

BANGKOK – Cambodia on Tuesday strongly denied allegations that members of Thailand’s anti-government “Red Shirt” movement were trained at a Cambodian army base to assassinate Thai leaders, including the prime minister.
Lt. Col. Payao Thongsen, a senior investigator for Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation, alleged Monday that 11 men who were arrested last week in northern [...]

Read More » No commentOctober 14, 2010

Longer sentence sought for Khmer Rouge convict

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Prosecutors for Cambodia’s U.N.-backed genocide tribunal appealed Monday for a longer sentence for the former chief jailer of the Khmer Rouge.
Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity but was sentenced last month to serve just 19 years in prison.
A statement [...]

Read More » No commentAugust 18, 2010

Thai army to reinforce Cambodian border if needed

BANGKOK – Thailand’s army is prepared to defend its border with Cambodia if a territorial dispute heats up, the prime minister said Wednesday, as the two nations were set to tussle on the diplomatic front at a U.N. meeting in Brazil.
Deadly clashes have flared in the past over the Preah Vihear [...]

Read More » No commentJuly 30, 2010