The real reasons behind the clash between Cambodia and Thailand

Sophie Team Observers — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:21:53 +0200

Photo taken on the Preah Vihear temple site by "Pixellent".

Cambodia and Thailand are verging on war. It's thought that the bordering countries are fighting over a lost temple in the deep forest. Our Observer in Phnom Penh tells us what's really at stake.

Around the ancient Preah Vihear temple today, gunshots between Cambodian and Thai soldiers can be heard. Tensions between the countries have grown steadily worse over the past few months, until Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen threatened on Monday to turn the area into "a life and death battle zone".

Trial of Khmer Rouge judge met with indifference

Julien — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:07:45 +0100

Former Khmer Rouge number two Nuon Chea was finally brought to the Cambodian Genocide Tribunal yesterday. But not for long. He only spoke to say that one of his lawyers was unable to attend and therefore it would be unfair to go ahead with the trial until a later date. We asked our Cambodian Observers to describe the atmosphere in Phnom Penh as this momentous trial, followed worldwide, commences. To our great surprise their responses were identical: the Cambodians are not interested.