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Nikkei Asia
2 days ago
- Politics
- Nikkei Asia
Thai and Cambodian commanders meet in line with ceasefire pact
A truck carries armored personnel carriers in Sisaket province, Thailand, near the Cambodian border, on July 29, a day after the nations agreed to end their deadliest cross-border conflict in more than a decade. © Reuters YUICHI NITTA and ANANTH BALIGA BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH -- Thai and Cambodian military commanders met on Tuesday to begin implementing a ceasefire to end a five-day border conflict amid disputed claims that shelling was continuing. The Thai Army's spokesperson told reporters that officers from the 2nd Army Region, which oversees the northern sections of the Thai-Cambodian border, held a meeting with their Cambodian counterparts at 11 a.m.
Nikkei Asia
3 days ago
- Politics
- Nikkei Asia
Cambodian, Thai leaders to discuss border conflict in Malaysia
Cambodians displaced by the cross-border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia wait in line to receive rice, fish, and soy sauce at Wat Por 5000 pagoda camp in Kulen district, Preah Vihear province. Thousands of people have been in the camp since July 25. (Photo by Phoung Vantha) ANANTH BALIGA, YUICHI NITTA and APORNRATH PHOONPHONGHIPHAT PHNOM PENH/BANGKOK -- The Thai and Cambodian leaders will go to Malaysia on Monday to discuss the four-day border conflict that has left at least 35 people dead and displaced around 220,000, according to the three governments. Malaysia is the current ASEAN chair, and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has spoken with both leaders since the fighting started in a bid to end the hostilities that are centered around the disputed ownership of a temple and other territory.
Nikkei Asia
4 days ago
- Politics
- Nikkei Asia
Cambodian, Thai leaders to discuss conflict in Malaysia, foreign minister says
Cambodians displaced by the cross-border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia wait in line to receive rice, fish, and soy sauce at Wat Por 5000 pagoda camp in Kulen district, Preah Vihear province. Thousands of people have been in the camp since July 25. (Photo by Phoung Vantha) ANANTH BALIGA, YUICHI NITTA and APORNRATH PHOONPHONGHIPHAT PHNOM PENH/BANGKOK -- The Thai and Cambodian leaders will go to Malaysia on Monday evening to discuss the four-day border conflict that has left at least 34 people dead and displaced more than 210,000, according to Malaysian and Thai sources. Bernama, the Malaysian state news agency, cited the country's foreign minister, Mohamad Hasan, as saying Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thai acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai will discuss the cross-border fighting that is centered around the disputed ownership of a temple and other territory.
Nikkei Asia
4 days ago
- Politics
- Nikkei Asia
Cambodia, Thailand react cautiously to Trump intervention in conflict
Cambodians displaced by the cross-border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia wait in line to receive rice, fish, and soy sauce at Wat Por 5000 pagoda camp in Kulen district, Preah Vihear province. Thousands of people have been in the camp since July 24. (Photo by Phoung Vantha) ANANTH BALIGA and YUICHI NITTA PHNOM PENH/BANGKOK -- Cambodia and Thailand have reacted cautiously to a proposal from U.S. President Donald Trump to implement an immediate ceasefire in a border conflict that has claimed at least 34 lives and displaced more than 150,000 people. The neighboring kingdoms have been firing at each other with heavy weapons and small arms since Thursday morning, largely over competing claims to territory. The fighting spread on Saturday to several previously peaceful areas and Thailand said it used four fighter jets to attack Cambodian military positions.
Nikkei Asia
5 days ago
- Politics
- Nikkei Asia
Thai-Cambodian border clashes spread to previously peaceful areas
Thai civilians shelter in a hall in Surin province near the Cambodian border on July 25 after fleeing their homes to escape cross-border shelling. Hundreds of thousands of people have evacuated from border areas in both countries to escape the worst fighting between the neighbors in a decade. © Reuters ANANTH BALIGA and YUICHI NITTA PHNOM PENH/BANGKOK -- The cross-border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia escalated dramatically on Saturday, the third day of clashes, as the fighting spread from long-contested territory to hitherto peaceful regions. Cambodia's Defense Ministry accused the Thais of an "unprovoked and premeditated act of aggression" at 5:02 a.m., "involving the firing of five heavy artillery shells into multiple locations in Ekphap Village, Thmor Da Commune, Veal Veng District, Pursat Province."
