The INN new agency is reporting that Interior Minister Chaovarat Charnveerakul has admitted that recent border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia could force the government to delay the dissolution of Parliament. Read more: TAN Network
Thailand and Cambodia are amassing armor and heavy artillery along their common border raising fears that a long-running territorial dispute could escalate into a full-scale war, local media reported on Monday. A fragile cease-fire between the two Southeast Asian states was broken on Friday when the sides exchanged artillery, rocket and rifle fire. By Monday […]
BANGKOK, April 25 – Thai army commander-in-chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha on Monday reaffirmed the army is ready to engage in battle with Cambodia if the government orders so, standing firm that the Indonesian observers will be allowed to observe the border only if Cambodia withdraws its troops from the conflict zone and returns to dialogue. […]
Heavily armed Cambodian troops, tanks ‘leave Preah Vihear base’ Phnom Penh has reportedly removed soldiers and tanks from its Preah Vihear military base, next to the disputed main border area near Si Sa Ket province, to fortify its troops near the two temples at the Thai-Cambodian border in Surin’s Phanom Dong Rak district, said army […]
BANGKOK, 24 April 2011 (NNT) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon insists that Thailand and Cambodia stop firing and find ways to talk peacefully to resolve the conflict. Furthermore, he reiterates that this conflict cannot be resolved by military means. UN Secretary-General said that he wanted both Thailand and Cambodia to stop the clashes on the […]
Fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra expressed confidence yesterday that the Pheu Thai Party will win the upcoming general election and said he was ready to return and “serve the people” if he was needed. Thaksin addressed a gathering for two hours via video link yesterday at an event to launch the party’s political campaign platform […]
BANGKOK, April 23 – Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya will send a protest letter to Cambodia and issue a statement that the Thai army did not use any aircraft to invade Cambodian territory except using helicopters to airlift injured soldiers. “We protected our sovereignty and our counterattack targeted the Cambodian army base to limit the […]
BANGKOK, 23 April 2011 (NNT) – Minister to the Prime Minister’s Office Ongart Klampaiboon has confirmed that more villagers near Thai-Cambodian border areas will be evacuated today as hostilities continue and 3 more injuries have been reported. Mr Ongart called a meeting with the Governor of Surin and security officials in Prasat district of Surin […]
