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Cambodian-Thai Border Skirmish Cambodian and Thai armed forces traded weapons fire early Sunday about 20 kilometers from an ancient temple site on Cambodia’s northern border with Thailand, a Defence Ministry spokesman has reported. General Chhum Socheat told a German Press Agency that the conflict came about on the morning that Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong [...]

All Sides See Upcoming Red Shirt Rally as Crucial Thailand’s Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra preparations to visit Cambodia is exclusively for the purpose of commanding the “final battle” designed by the red-shirts, Deputy Prime Minister for security affairs Suthep Thaugsuban told reporters last Friday. “Thaksin’s trip to Phnom Penh is not surprising. It [...]

Thailand Denies Hostility Toward Cambodian Government Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says that Thailand has no plans to remove the Cambodian government or go to war with its next door neighbor. Thailand’s government has rejected allegations it was planning to stage a coup against the Cambodian government as well as a war against Phnom Penh. [...]

Thai and Cambodian Military Leaders to Meet The Thai-Cambodia Joint Border Committee (JBC) will hold a meeting on Nov 27 at 28 in Pattaya, according to defence ministry spokesman Col Thanathip Saengsawang. “It will be a ministerial level defence meeting to discuss border security and military cooperation,” Col Thanathip told reporters. Defence Minister Gen Prawit [...]

Cambodian Government Seizes Thai Owned Company The Cambodian government has seized control of Cambodian Air Traffic Services (CATS), a subsidiary of Thailand’s Samart Corporation, and has appointed a senior Civil Aviation official as its provisional custodian, Samart announced in a statement on Thursday. Cambodian authorities expelled all Thai employees from CATS offices on Wednesday after [...]

Thaksin Twitters, Helps Accused Spy Ousted former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra has put up a note on Twitter stating that he has spoken to Cambodian powers that be about the Thai citizen who was arrested on spying charges and that the Cambodian government has promised him a fair trial. “I’ve been in touch with them. [...]

Thaksin Asked for Help By Thai Mother The mother of the alleged Thai spy Siwarak Chutiphong, Seemarak na Nakhon Phanom, has asked fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to make use of his special closeness with Cambodian premier Hun Sen to help ensure the release of her son from Cambodia’s Prey Sar prison. Mrs Seemarak [...]

Hopes for Accused Spy The Thai government is holding out hope that Cambodia will release Thai engineer Siwarak Chutiphong quickly, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told reporters on Tuesday. He said that theThai government had spoken to Cambodian officials, hoping to learn the precise spying charges against him so they could plan a legal defence. “There [...]

Thaksin’s Help is Offered in Spying Case Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is willing to give assistance if asked by the Thai government, to speak with Cambodian officials to guarantee justice for the Thai engineer arrested on spy charges last week, Noppadon Pattama said on Monday. Mr Noppadon, a legal adviser and close working [...]