Pictures From Preah Vihear

Cambodian frontline commander Gen. Chea Tara talks with reporters Cambodia's famed Preah Vihear temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Preah Vihear province,about 245 kilometers (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. Cambodia angrily rejected Thailand's accusation that Cambodian troops used a centuries-old Hindu temple along their disputed border as a military base, revving up a war of words Wednesday amid a fragile truce. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) A Cambodian army soldier burns incense stick as he makes prayers next to a Buddhist monk at Cambodia's 11th century Hindu Preah Vihear temple, which wasenlisted...

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Pictures From Preah Vihear

Cambodia's Foreign Minister Hor Namhong (R) shakes hands with his Indonesian counterpart Marty Natalegawa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Phnom Penh February 7, 2011. The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) dispatched Natalegawa to Cambodia on Monday in a bid to defuse the Thai-Cambodian border crisis. REUTERS/Samrang Pring A Cambodian woman carries her children after fleeing her home near the Preah Vhear temple on February 7. Cambodian and Thai troops held fire on their tense border on Tuesday as the world heritage body UNESCO prepared a mission to inspect an ancient temple reportedly damaged in the deadly...

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Cambodia insists no soldiers stationed at temple, a claim that Thailand and media refute

via CAAIBy Todd Pitman, The Associated Press The Canadian Press The UNESCO's World Heritage Committee flag drops from the pole near the temple entrance of the Cambodia's 11th century Hindu Preah Vihear temple, which was enlisted as UNESCO's World Heritage site in Preah Vihear province, about 245 kilometers (152 miles) north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. The flag dropped during an armed clash between Cambodian and Thai troops last weekend. 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....

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UN to meet on Feb 14 on Thai-Cambodian border disputes - reports

via CAAIUN Security Council has agreed to meet on Feb 14 to solve the border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia, Inter City Press reported.The council reached the conclusion on late Tuesday, the Press; a non-governmental organization said.To make clear that the UN is deferring to the regional group, Indonesia, as chair of this year's Asean, will be invited to the meeting. The country will be represented by Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa.The meeting seemed to respond to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's request for the UN to intervene in the dispute while Thai PM Abhisit Vejjajiva insisted that the dispute should be solved...

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Japan in Cambodia has China aid rival

Aid agenda: From right, Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrive for the 13th ASEAN Plus Three summit in Hanoi last October. AP PHOTOvia CAAIBy PUY KEAKyodo NewsPHNOM PENH — Cambodia, one of the least developed parts of Southeast Asia, extends a welcoming hand to economic aid from Japan and China, but analysts in the country are wary of the competitive intent of the nation's two largest aid donors.Officially, the government hails both countries as champions of Cambodia's rehabilitation and development...

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Emotional fall-out of Thailand-Cambodia clashes

More than 16,000 people on the Thai side of the border have been moved to temporary sheltersvia CAAIA long-running border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia has flared into deadly clashes, forcing thousands to evacuate their homes. The BBC's Rachel Harvey looks at the human cost of the conflict.As the early morning sun rose above the rooftops of the local government buildings, orderly queues were forming in the car park down below. Villagers, evacuated from their homes when Thailand and Cambodia renewed their long-simmering border dispute with a new and deadly vengeance, lining up for a free hot meal. Most had spent the last...

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JBC tool to solve Thai-Cambodian border row: Cambodian ambassador

via CAAIFebruary 09, 2011 The continuing Thai-Cambodian border dispute could be settled under framework of Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission (JBC), Cambodia's ambassador to Thailand You Ay said on Tuesday.Speaking at the Couple of Love and Rival seminar on Tuesday morning, she said through bilateral framework Vietnam and Cambodian were able to successfully solve border issue between the two countries.People in both countries should not politicize the border issue, she said.The border row would jeopardize regional cooperation in Southeast Asia, such as the single-visa agreement under the Acmecs (Ayeyawady - Chao Phraya -...

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Uneasy calm at border

Photo by: Pha Lina A Thai soldier captured during fighting along the Thai-Cambodian border is released into the custody of Thai officials at the Ministry of Defence in Phnom Penh today.via CAAITuesday, 08 February 2011 20:43 Cheang Sokha Preah Vihear provinceCambodian and Thai troops close to Preah Vihear temple remained on high alert today, following four days of clashes that left at least eight dead.Soldiers on the Cambodian side of the border held fire but dug into positions, bracing for more fighting in the 4.6-square-kilometre disputed area surrounding the 11th-century Khmer temple.Dom Sophal, 55, a Royal Cambodian Armed...

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Hun Sen makes plea to UN

Photo by: Sovan Philong Foreign Minister Hor Namhong talks with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa during a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Phnom Penh today.via CAAIMonday, 07 February 2011 21:51 Sam Rith and Vong Sokheng Prime Minister Hun Sen called today for the United Nations to send peacekeepers to the Thai-Cambodian border near Preah Vihear temple, where at least seven people have been killed in clashes over the past few days.Speaking at a graduation ceremony in Phnom Penh, the premier repeated his plea for third party mediation, saying the conflict was in danger of spiraling out of control.“We have...

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Security Council ready to meet

Photo by: Heng Chivoan A Royal Cambodian Armed Forces soldier sits at the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple yesterday following four days of fighting with Thai troops stationed along the contentious border. via CAAITuesday, 08 February 2011 21:02 Thomas Miller and Vong Sokheng The United Nations Security Council says it is willing to hold a meeting on the recent round of hostilities between Thailand and Cambodia following Prime Minister Hun Sen’s call for UN peacekeepers to be deployed at the border.Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, the Brazilian ambassador who is now serving president of the Security Council, told journalists in New York...

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Nationalism is the reason for Thai-Cambodian rift: experts

via CAAIFebruary 9, 2011 BANGKOK -- Nationalist fervor and political grandstanding are stoking a deadly border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia but both sides will be keen to avoid major hostilities, experts say. Although the exact trigger for a series of armed clashes in recent days is unclear, tensions have grown since seven Thais — including one lawmaker — were arrested by Cambodia in December near the frontier for illegal entry.Two of them were sentenced to lengthy jail terms for spying, outraging nationalist Thais, who have held protests in Bangkok calling on their Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to resign.Observers...

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UN chief seeks to end Thai-Cambodia border clashes

via CAAI09 February 2011 UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spoke with the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia on Tuesday on ending their border conflict and said he again offered UN help to negotiate a deal.At least eight people have been killed in four days of cross-border shelling which the two neighbors have blamed on each other.With a lull in fighting since early Monday, the UN Security Council has held back from formal talks on the clashes to give time to an Indonesian mediation bid, diplomats said.Cambodian soldiers stand on a military truck as they travel past a check point near the Preah Vhear temple in Preah...

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