Adding insult to injury: Cambodia allows a Thai general to participate in the smashing of the sign in Wat Keo Sekha Kiri Svarak

Lt Gen Tawatchai Samutsakhon(right), the 2nd Army commander, joins in the demolition of the tablet reading ‘‘Here! is Cambodia’’. The sign was smashed into pieces after he negotiated with his Cambodian counterpart to destroy it yesterday. Loudmouth and useless Chea Dara(Photo: The Phnom Penh Post) Srey Doek (L) (Photo: Reuters) Tablet talks a smashing success [for Thailand]Cambodia demolishes claim to border area 27/01/2011Wassana NanuamBangkok PostGrowing border tensions have eased again now that Cambodia has demolished a stone tablet that claimed it owned a disputed area."It has now ended," Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told...

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US President Obama's State of the Union 2011

Dear all,If you missed last night live 2011 State of the Union CLICK HERE to watch President Obama address on innovation, education, security and budget deficit.President Obama framed his speech around the theme of “winning the future” a call to maintain American greatness through innovation in a rapidly changing world. He also focused on investment in education and infrastructure as essential for the US not just to remain competitive in the global marketplace, but also to win, to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world.R....

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Kampuchea, Khloat Ban Ter Mang [Khlang Ban Ter Moat]

Top three rows: Cambodia's StrongmouthBottom photo: Minion Bigmouth Chea Dara Op-Ed by SopheakOriginally posted at http://sopheak.wordpress.com/2011/01/26/cambodia-strong/ Click on the article in Khmer to zoom...

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Investigation Concluded in Release of Police Chief

Heng Reaksmey, VOA KhmerPhnom Penh Tuesday, 25 January 2011via CAAIPhoto: AP Yoeung Baloung, the former police chief of Ratanakkiri province, who was supposed to be serving 13 years on charges related to illegal logging."No one else has been apprehended for the crash, but Yoeung Baloung is now back in prison."The prison department of the Ministry of Interior has finished an investigation into the mysterious release of a former provincial police chief in Ratanakkiri province but has declined to release the findings, which are under review.The investigation stems from a drunk driving accident that injured three people on a motorcycle.Local...

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Military flexes its muscle

via CAAIAbhisit approves army exercise near templePublished: 26/01/2011 Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has given the army the green light to conduct a military exercise near Preah Vihear temple to display its strength as Cambodia continues to lay claim to the disputed area.Thousands of People’s Alliance for Democracy supporters join the movement’s protest near Makkhawan Rangsan Bridge on Ratchadamnoen Nok Avenue. The yellow shirts gathered yesterday for the first day of what is expected to be a protracted rally. APICHIT JINAKULThe provocative move came after Thailand demanded Cambodia remove a stone tablet carrying a message...

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Tense between Cambodia and Thai Troops Eased

2011-01-26XinhuaA brief tense between Cambodia and Thai troops near Preah Vihear Temple was finally eased and returned to normal, military sources at the border said Wednesday. The sources said over telephone that some 30 Thai soldiers in black uniform came close to Keo Sikhakiri Svarak Pagoda near Preah Vihear Temple on Wednesday morning at which they were asked to return to their previous position by Cambodian troops. According to the sources, the Thai troops were demanding a stone sign that says "Here Is Cambodia" to be removed from a site near the Pagoda where 20 Thai soldiers used to stay during the tense border conflict after Cambodia's...

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Border tensions rise

Wednesday, 26 January 2011Cheang Sokha and Thet SambathThe Phnom Penh PostThousands of Yellow Shirt protesters in Bangkok have called for the Thai government to take a stronger stance against Cambodia, though military officials said today that a stand-off along the countries’ contentious border had been averted.Some 3,000 police officers have been deployed in the Thai capital to control the estimated 5,000 activists who took to the streets of central Bangkok on Tuesday, threatening to occupy the prime minister’s office as they did for three months during unrest in 2008.Cambodian officials near Preah Vihear temple said about 40 Thai...

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Hun Xen blinked after Siamese army threat?

Following the removal of the first sign displaying about Thai troops invasion of Cambodia, a second sign was later installed that read "Here! Is Cambodia". However, following more threats from the Thai army, Cambodia not only removed this second sign, but it also destroyed it as can be seen in the photo above (Photo: Sermpong Thongsamrit, Bangkok Post)...

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Shame on you Mr. Barking Hoon Xen!

A few days ago we read the news that Cambodian soldiers put up a tablet with a message in Khmer branding Thai troops “Invaders” at Wat Keo Sekha Khiri Svara, Preah Vihear.This tablet angered Thailand. Then it demanded and threatened Cambodia to remove it unconditionally or Cambodia would be meet with Thai military measure. Cambodian leaders bowed to them and promised to install a nicer tablet with a message in Khmer again branding “Here is Cambodia“. But Thailand demanded and threatened it again and SEE BELOW HOW WE DESTROY OURSELVES!Hoon Xen and his gangs like doing everything without practical strategy and analytic vision. So sad!TIME...

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