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Thailand studies border wall construction, Cambodia yet to receive official information
Thailand is looking at the feasibility of building a wall along its border with Cambodia to prevent illegal crossings while Cambodia has yet to receive any information. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/thailand-studies-border-wall-construction-cambodia-yet-to-receive-official-information/
PM warns of ‘nationalist rhetoric’ fuelling Thai border tensions
Prime Minister Hun Manet has cautioned against a rising tide of nationalism in both Cambodia and Thailand, warning that political interference in border issues could escalate tensions between the two neighbouring nations. ...
Hong Raksmey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-warns-of-nationalist-rhetoric-fuelling-thai-border-tensions
Battambang, Trat discuss permanent economic checkpoints along borders
Battambang Chamber of Commerce (BCC), Banteay Meanchey Chamber of Commerce (BMCC) and Trat Chamber of Commerce of Thailand Friday discussed the opening of a permanent economic checkpoint to promote the exchange of goods along the border of the two countries. ...
Mom Kunthea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501555821/battambang-trat-discuss-permanent-economic-checkpoints-along-borders/
Chanthol takes stock of Stung Bot int’l gate, SEZs in B Meanchey
Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice-Chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) Sun Chanthol on Saturday led a delegation to inspect the progress made at the Stung Bot international gate – connecting Thailand – as well as the companies currently operating in ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501446004/chanthol-takes-stock-of-stung-bot-intl-gate-sezs-in-b-meanchey/
Cambodia, Thailand militaries to boost further border cooperation
Cambodian and Thai military officials have agreed on further cooperation to make the border more peaceful so people living there can have a better life now and into the future. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501370968/cambodia-thailand-militaries-to-boost-further-border-cooperation/
New talks to end Overlapping Claims Area petroleum riches by Thailand and Cambodia
Thailand is scheduled to hold talks with Cambodia over a 26,000 sq kilometers overlapping claims area (OCA) estimated to hold up to 500 million barrels of oil and gas deposits under the sea floor. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501152822/new-talks-to-end-overlapping-claims-area-petroleum-riches-by-thailand-and-cambodia/
Cambodia planning new border checkpoint at Thma Da
Cambodia is looking into the possibility of opening a new Thma Da Border Checkpoint with Thailand to boost trade and tourism. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-planning-new-border-checkpoint-thma-da
Cambodia, Thailand to discuss border reopening
Cambodian authorities from provinces along the Cambodia-Thailand border will meet with Thai counterparts to discuss reopening border checkpoints to facilitate travel, transfer of products and cross-border trade between the two countries. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-thailand-discuss-border-reopening
Thailand seeks to reopen Tha Sen and Ban Nong Ian border checkpoints to boost trade with Cambodia
Thailand’s Commerce Ministry is aiming to speed up talks with Cambodia to reopen additional checkpoints with neighbouring Cambodia to boost trade between the two nations. . ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50971487/thailand-seeks-to-reopen-tha-sen-and-ban-nong-ian-border-checkpoints-to-boost-trade-with-cambodia/
Banteay Meanchey reopens Cambodian-Thai border
Banteay Meanchey provincial governor Om Reatrey has reopened the border to receive Cambodian migrant workers returning from Thailand who were left stranded after the government imposed a lockdown to contain Covid-19. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/banteay-meanchey-reopens-cambodian-thai-border
Ring road restoration nears completion
The Ministry of Public Works has completed 90% of the 100-kilometre restoration of Provincial Road 63, a ring road through Preah Vihear to the Thai and Laos borders. ...
Yin Soeum
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50913323/ring-road-restoration-nears-completion/
Cambodian-Thai border crossing suspended
The Royal Government of Cambodia has decided to temporarily suspend traffic through the Cambodian-Thai border, except for the transportation of goods and special cases. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50903680/cambodian-thai-border-crossing-suspended/
Thailand ready to open border for Cambodian migrant workers
Thai authorities have prepared to welcome back migrant workers from Cambodia as Thailand is moving into phase 7 of its Covid-19 lockdown easing, the Pattaya Mail has reported. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50752380/thailand-ready-to-receive-cambodian-migrant-workers/
Thailand pledges more assistance in drug fight
Thailand has pledged to provide more technical assistance and materials to the National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) to control and combat drug crimes along the Cambodian-Thai borders. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50743990/thailand-pledges-more-assistance-in-drug-fight/
Cambodia, Thailand tighten border control
In Cambodia, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng asked the administration in localities that border Thailand to increase professional measures at border checkpoints to prevent Cambodian workers from entering Thailand, which will shut its border until June 30 to prevent the spread ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50728665/cambodia-thailand-tighten-border-control-while-indonesia-considers-tourism-resumption/
Two Thai provinces to open border for Cambodians seeking emergency medical help
While Cambodia and Thailand are continuing a lockdown of their common border to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, low-level negotiations between both sides at the Oddar Meanchay international checkpoints have yielded a compromise – The Thais will allow residents in the province needing medical ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/724587/two-thai-provinces-to-open-border-for-cambodians-seeking-emergency-medical-help/
New road at Poipet to boost trade ties
Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that customs revenue from Poipet International Port on the Cambodia-Thai border was over $120 million a year, on account of heavy movement of goods across the border. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/new-road-poipet-boost-trade-ties
Families complain over visas
Three families lodged complaints with authorities in Banteay Meanchey on Monday, requesting that action be taken against a recruitment firm that sent their family members to work in Thailand on tourist visas, a move that subsequently led to their arrest. Leng Yen, a monitor with ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-complain-over-visas
Cambodian, Thai state-owned broadcasters ink cooperation deal
The National Television of Cambodia and the Mass Communication Organization of Thailand (MCOT) on Tuesday signed a television cooperation agreement, focusing on the exchange of TV programs and information. The deal was inked between director general of the National Television of Cambodia Kem Gunawadh and MCOT’s ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-05/21/c_132398350.htm
