Cambodian News

King Norodom Sihamoni issued a royal pardon on Friday for a Thai citizen sentenced to seven years in prison for alleged espionage, a government spokesman said Monday.
The pardon of Siwarak Chothipong, a 31-year-old Thai engineer, came after an official request from the Pheu Thai Party, which is affiliated with former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, the [...]

Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday ruled it would continue the detention of a Thai citizen accused of espionage, denying a written request he be released on bail.
Siwarak Chothipong, 31, was arrested on Nov. 12, after allegedly leaking a flight schedule of Prime Minister Hun Sen and his newly appointed economic adviser, ousted Thai premier [...]

Cambodia sent 50 riot police, include 10 canine units, to the Thai border on Thursday, in anticipation of Thai protests near Preah Vihear temple this weekend.
Officials said they had deployed police to block demonstrations for the People’s Alliance for Democracy, a Thai political organization angered by the inclusion of the temple as a Unesco protected [...]

The government on Sunday denied claims made by Thai protesters that Cambodians had encroached on Thai soil near the temple of Preah Vihear, where soldiers on both sides have amassed since July 2008.
About 30 Thai protesters of the People’s Alliance for Democracy were allowed access to the temple on Sunday morning, as 5,000 demonstrators gathered [...]

The Cambodian Embassy in Bangkok formally requested that the Thai government withdraw a video clip from a Web site Monday, claiming the site spread false historical information.
The Web site, www.ilovethailand.org, features a video claiming the Siamese Empire, which predated modern-day Thailand, lost the provinces of Battambang, Siem Reap and Preah Vihear to Cambodia.
In fact, both [...]

Bangkok has sought to confuse public opinion over Preah Vihear temple and a contested border, conflating the two issues in the media as a yearlong military standoff drags on, a government official said Monday.
An international court declared in 1962 that Preah Vihear temple, an 11th-Century structure that sits on a towering escarpment over the plains [...]

BANGKOK, July 4 (Xinhua) – Thai Defense Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said on Saturday that he was confident that the border dispute with Cambodia will not lead to war between the two countries as some fear.
Thailand’s Army Region 2 commander will hold talks with Cambodia’s army region 4 commander to ease tension along the border and [...]

BANGKOK, July 1 (Xinhua) — Thai-Cambodian relations are still cordial and the border dispute near Preah Vihear Temple will be solved, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said here Wednesday.
On June 25, both sides stepped up reinforcements at the disputed border after the Thai government announced it planned to ask the UNESCO to [...]

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva reiterated his opposition to the listing of Preah Vihear temple as a Unesco World Heritage site Tuesday, despite a rejection of the UN agency that the temple be jointly managed.
Abhisit rankled Phnom Penh last month when he suggested that Thailand and Cambodian both maintain the 11th-Century temple, which has become [...]

PHNOM PENH, June 20 (Xinhua) — Top Thai leaders are using the words to threaten Cambodia and UNESCO over listing Cambodia’s Preah Vihear temple as World Heritage Site, a senior Cambodian official said on Saturday.
Hor Namhong, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation told reporters at a press [...]