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Thai - Cambodia Conflict Tensions Soar as Thaksin Blasts Cambodia for Border Violations
Did some browsing yesterday. The border issue is since 1907, never been solved. That is a 115 years span to resolve problems. Also came up a remark, which stated, Thaksin has a personal vete with Hun Sen. Left the browsing on it, not investigating further. I can only conclude, again, little children on places where they shouldnt be. Ego, power, money and the rest of population is collateral damage. Well humans, they way we are. -
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Thai - Cambodia Conflict Thai Troops Retaliate, 100 Cambodian Soldiers Dead in Fierce Clash
A very biased and simplex revision of history - you missed quite a few things. In 1904 there was a Treaty made between French Indochina and Thailand that specified the borders. On that basis the temples (there are several) were all inside Thailand. That map drawn up by French mapmakers in 1907 was wrong and it was never part of the Treaty. In fact I doubt the Thais saw it for a very long time - probably decades later - and they just ignored it - they had their own maps. The 1907 map was dragged out by Cambodia in 1960s in a Court case that Thailand did not accept - Thailand are not a signatory to the ICJ. The People's of Isaan and Cambodia and Loas are all related back in the past and are a 'common people' - they all go back to the Khmer period. Under the Treaty with French Indochina Thailand ceded Siem Riep to them - before that Thailand 'owned' it going back to when they conquered the Khmer Empire in 1400s. I dislike it when people state such obvious mistruths and distortions that only take a little research of history to show not true. I am not saying you lied - but your conclusions are wrong because they are not based on all the information - in fact that is what Cambodia did in the past and are doing again. Hun Sen is linked to people who were part of the Pol Pot regime - he was in 20s at that time. You are very correct when you said this - The dispute is a complex mix of international law, colonial history, regional geopolitics, and national pride. Thailand believes that the ICJ Court was very biased and in error - they never gave up control over the areas surrounding those temples to . But Thailand has acknowledged their decision about the temples. But the decision was not about the borders - and Thailand maintains that the temples are inside Thailand and will never change the border line without serious reasons. Between 1904 and 1953 when Cambodia became independent from France the borders were what Thailand believed them to be - almost 50 years. Later claims by Cambodia in 1960s that the 1907 unofficial map was the boundary are patently false. But with Thailand refusing to be a member of the ICJ - it is clear the ICJ decision was biased. -
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Crime French National Arrested in Bangkok for Child Exploitation
Yes that could make sence : two mobile phones containing the encrypted folders. Not clever to have an encryption app that opens with a fingerprint. -
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Crime Ex-Beckham Villa Among Properties Raided in Koh Samui Building Crackdown
Have you ever been to Phuket? It's many times worse there. -
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It seems that that the Covid pandemic scared people stupid
I think in Asia generally, not just Thailand, there is a very pronounced, how to put this delicately, womanly fear. This most likely has to do with the Asians having lower testosterone levels than Caucasians and Blacks, which is also why Ladyboys are much more prevalent in Asia, as is homosexuality. -
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Shipping or Moving Boxes from U.S. to Thailand
What about customs duty? I understand most kinds of goods are subject to import duty although there's apparently an exemption for personal or used effects up to THB20,000. Did you have to pay anything at the airport? I assume it's not easy to just roll 14 boxes past the customs desk that asks if you have anything to declare ... or maybe it is?
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