Preah Vihear temple under repair

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Preah Vihear temple under repair



Phnom Penh: -- Work is finally under way to repair damage to Preah Vihear temple caused during clashes between Cambodia and Thailand more than two years ago, officials said yesterday.

Long Kosal, deputy director of the National Authority of Preah Vihear, said a restoration project has been ongoing since February 10, focused on strengthening stone strafed by bullets during clashes between Cambodia and Thailand over the disputed temple from 2008 to 2011.

“UNESCO agreed to the project, and our officials have had an expert on stone conservation helping us to repair and monitor the strength and quality of the stone,” he said.

UNESCO could not be reached yesterday to confirm its involvement in the restoration project.

Chhim Sovantha, a heritage police officer at Preah Vihear who guards the temple, said that last week dozens of officials from the Apsara Authority and Preah Vihear Authority came to the temple for several days to clean bullet holes left in the stone.

With the cleaning process now over, officials are expected to return to fill in the bullet holes in the coming weeks, though their exact schedule is unknown.

In November, the ICJ ruled that Cambodia has sovereignty over the territory of Preah Vihear temple – confirming a 1962 ruling by the ICJ which awarded the temple and its “vicinity” to Cambodia but left its boundaries in dispute – and ordered Thailand to withdraw its military personnel from the area.

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/preah-vihear-temple-repair/


-- Thai PBS 2014-03-13

[smedly]

I would have thought the bullet holes are as much of the temples history as anything else

[Artisi]

I would have thought the bullet holes are as much of the temples history as anything else

What bullet holes?

[emanphoto]

What bullet holes?

[dighambara]

So strange that Cambodia accosts Thaialnd for such things. In the 16th century, when plague collapsed the KHMER Empire.SIAM rebuilt the new country, CAMBODIA and all land West of Phnom Phen was SIAM. SIam Pang, SIam Reap, Angkor et.al. remained inside Siam for the next 550 years, until officially given to Cambodia by the French.

Why the French..?? Because they stole the land from Siam under a 'Protectorate' of Siamese property.

People have long forgotten that the French forced Cambodia out of Cochin China and that Siam offered the Eastern Provinces for refugees.

Now the world believes those provinces belong to Cambodia and that Cochin China actually belongs to Vietnam - a country created by French imagination.

[hanno]

So strange that Cambodia accosts Thaialnd for such things. In the 16th century, when plague collapsed the KHMER Empire.SIAM rebuilt the new country, CAMBODIA and all land West of Phnom Phen was SIAM. SIam Pang, SIam Reap, Angkor et.al. remained inside Siam for the next 550 years, until officially given to Cambodia by the French.

Why the French..?? Because they stole the land from Siam under a 'Protectorate' of Siamese property.

People have long forgotten that the French forced Cambodia out of Cochin China and that Siam offered the Eastern Provinces for refugees.

Now the world believes those provinces belong to Cambodia and that Cochin China actually belongs to Vietnam - a country created by French imagination.

True, but that is how it works. Most of Europe was ruled by the Roman Empire at one time, I don't hear the Italians asking for England back.

[ballpoint]

My god, they left the place in ruins!

[bigbamboo]

So strange that Cambodia accosts Thaialnd for such things. In the 16th century, when plague collapsed the KHMER Empire.SIAM rebuilt the new country, CAMBODIA and all land West of Phnom Phen was SIAM. SIam Pang, SIam Reap, Angkor et.al. remained inside Siam for the next 550 years, until officially given to Cambodia by the French.

Why the French..?? Because they stole the land from Siam under a 'Protectorate' of Siamese property.

People have long forgotten that the French forced Cambodia out of Cochin China and that Siam offered the Eastern Provinces for refugees.

Now the world believes those provinces belong to Cambodia and that Cochin China actually belongs to Vietnam - a country created by French imagination.

But then every Thai is basically a Chinaman. Just depends how far you want to go back.

In the UK we have an 'English Queen' but considering the 'Windsors' were actually the German Sax Coburgs until the Great war and before that we had the Hanoverians (German), the House of Orange (Dutch),) the Stuarts (Scots), the Tudors (Welsh), the Plantaganets (more French), the Normans (French) and finally back to Harold, the last monarch who could be described as an 'Anglo'.

Edited March 13, 2014 by bigbamboo

[MASSIMO23]

Hi there, i went to visit the temple today but were not allowed through to the temple area.

When will we be able to visit this great temple again.

Last time I was there was 12 years ago...

[khwaibah]

Hi there, i went to visit the temple today but were not allowed through to the temple area.

When will we be able to visit this great temple again.

Last time I was there was 12 years ago...

You can only enter from the Cambodian side not from the Thailand side.

[coconutbar]

They got a new bone to pick now its with each other .