The recent diplomatic activity between the Thai and Cambodian governments has reopened stalled talks on the overlapping sea claims of the two Southeast Asian nations. The overlapping claims in the Gulf of Thailand date back to the early 1970s, when Cambodia claimed a maritime territory of 200 nautical miles of the continental shelf in line … Read more
Yesterday, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra received his first foreign visitor since his parole and release from detention over the weekend: Cambodia’s former prime minister, Hun Sen. The 71-year-old former leader flew to Thailand on a private jet and drove to the Shinawatra family compound in western Bangkok in a Maybach limousine for a … Read more
Tomorrow, Cambodia’s new prime minister will pay his first official visit to Thailand since taking the reins of power last year, with economic and border affairs likely to top the bilateral agenda. In a vague statement yesterday, the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Hun Manet will arrive in Thailand on Wednesday. During the … Read more
Sporadically fought between 2008 and 2011, the Little War – as it is sometimes known – had an enormous impact on Cambodia-Thailand relations that still rankles to this day. Even now, the border crossing at the foot of the temple’s steps remains closed and the 11th century ruins are off limits from the Thai side. … Read more
Advertisement In discussions about the significance of the Chinese-funded modernization of Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base on the Gulf of Thailand, which lies some 200 kilometers off Thailand’s east coast, the Thai perspective is very much overlooked. Ream is, after all, popularly theorized as a potential second overseas outpost of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy … Read more