Both Cambodia and Thailand planned to reopen border gate at Preah Vihear temple in order to allow tourists to visit the temple from Thailand by requiring Thailand to withdraw its troops from Cambodian territory but yesterday Thai premier Abhisit Vejjajiva denied that Thai troops were being withdrawn from the disputed area in Si Sa Ket [...]
During a summit of five Mekong River countries in Phnom Penh, both countries, Cambodia and Thailand, signed an agreement over visa exemption on Wednesday which allows their people to cross border without a visa. And the visa exemption is for passport holdings only. Previously, Cambodia signed visa exemption with most other Asean members, excepting Brunei [...]
Thai Embassy’s Foreign Trade Promotion Office (FTPO) released statistics by showing that international trade between Cambodia and Thailand has increased more than 80 percent during the first four months of 2010, compared to the same period last year. During April 2010, the bilateral trade was estimated to total USD$386 million alone. Exchanged goods with neighboring [...]
Cambodian embassy in Bangkok sent letter dated Tuesday to the Thai foreign ministry by rejecting Thai accusation of the repair work which had been constructed entirely at a pagoda near Preah Vihear temple within the Cambodia’s territory. Last month, Thai foreign ministry sent a not to Cambodian embassy to Thailand by saying that the repair [...]
Opening fire between Cambodian and Thailand soldiers twice on Saturday bordering Oddar Meanchey province’s O’Smach commune, in Samrong district is over a settlement built in territory claimed by both sides. According to the official at occurred area, the Thais opening fire with rifles and M79 grenade launchers and Cambodian troops responded with B-40 rockets and [...]
After the contentious arm forces have broken out between Cambodia and Thailand along border near Preah Vihear Temple, Cambodian government take more attention to its arm forces until Prime Minister Hun Sen also paid visit to militaries protecting borders and disputed areas. The military exercise was done yesterday which was overseen by Minister of Defence [...]
After Cambodian government blasted Google, giant search engine, over the Google Earth map which was “devoid of truth and reality” and called for its immediate removal because it was not internationally recognized. In response to the letter complained by Cambodia, the Google Inc. said that it would look into a complaint from Cambodia that an [...]