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Long-standing dispute escalates dramatically as Phnom Penh hires fugitive former Thai PM as government adviserFriday, Dec. 04, 2009
By MacKINNON
Globe and Mail
PHNOM PENH — The armies of Cambodia and Thailand declared last week that they have no intention of fighting a war with each other. That's the good news.
The bad news is that the escalating dispute between the Southeast Asian neighbours has become so dangerous that such a statement was required. The past 12 months have seen ambassadors expelled, trade disrupted, accusations of espionage and a series of deadly border clashes around an ancient temple in a contested frontier area.
Tensions have risen dramatically in the past two weeks after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen waded into Thailand's internal political battle by inviting Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand's fugitive former prime minister, to visit Cambodia and gave him a job as a government adviser.
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