Looking to bolster his legacy as a global peacemaker, Donald Trump has boasted often in recent days that he’s ended at least six wars. Critics of the president’s record say the truth is a lot more complicated. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/24/world/politics/trump-wars-settled-dispute/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #nobelpeaceprize #nobels #us #india #pakistan #democraticrepublicofcongo #rwanda #armenia #azerbaijan #cambodia #thailand #israel #iran #serbia #kosovo #egypt #ethiopia
Aichi Prefectural Police have arrested 29 extradited Japanese nationals on suspicion of involvement in phone scams conducted from a northeastern Cambodian town. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/21/japan/crime-legal/aichi-fraud-cambodia-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #aichi #cambodia #fraud #japanesepolice
China expressed support for Thailand and Cambodia in resolving their border dispute on Thursday and offered to provide assistance based on the wishes of both nations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/asia-pacific/politics/china-cambodia-thailand-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #cambodia #thailand
Three Thai soldiers were injured by a land mine on Saturday while patrolling a border area near Cambodia, days after the two neighbors agreed to a detailed ceasefire. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/09/asia-pacific/thailand-soldiers-land-mine-cambodia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #cambodia #thailand #southeastasia #landmines
Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to extend a shaky ceasefire deal that followed five days of deadly hostilities along their border last month, which led to at least 43 deaths. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/08/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-cambodia-peace-pact-extend/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #asean #temples
When weeks of tensions escalated into a major border conflict with Thailand last week, former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen appeared to take charge of his country's response. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/asia-pacific/politics/cambodia-hun-sen-border-thailand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #hunsen #cambodia #thailand #southeastasia
Thailand and Cambodia exchanged allegations of breaching a ceasefire deal that has largely halted the open combat that engulfed their frontier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/asia-pacific/thailand-cambodia-truce-breaking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #cambodia #thailand #southeastasia
Fighting along the Thai-Cambodian border came to a halt after military commanders from both countries met to enforce a ceasefire agreement reached on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-cambodia-truce-challenges/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia
Thailand's army accused Cambodia of violating an hours-old truce, saying clashes continued despite a deal meant to end the fighting that has engulfed their shared border. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/asia-pacific/thai-army-cambodia-break-truce/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia
A ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand came into effect at midnight hours after both sides agreed to halt their deadliest conflict in more than a decade. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/asia-pacific/politics/ceasefire-thailand-cambodia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #china #us #southeastasia
Thai and Cambodian leaders are set to hold peace talks driven by Donald Trump, who used the threat of tariffs to press for a ceasefire. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/28/asia-pacific/politics/thai-cambodia-peace-talks-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia #us #donaldtrump
Thailand said late Saturday it agrees in principle to entering a ceasefire with Cambodia and beginning a "bilateral dialogue" aimed at ending the nations' deadliest fighting in more than a decade. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/27/asia-pacific/thailand-dialogue-cambodia-conflict/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia
Cambodia wants an "immediate ceasefire" with Thailand, the country's envoy to the United Nations said, with Bangkok also signaling an openness to talks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/26/asia-pacific/cambodia-ceasefire-thailand-clashes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia #un
Thai F-16 fighter jets struck military sites in neighboring Cambodia as a border dispute between the nations that stretches back decades erupted in fresh clashes that killed at least 14 people. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/25/asia-pacific/thailand-cambodia-f16-border/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia
Thailand has recalled its envoy from Phnom Penh and expelled the Cambodian ambassador following a second land mine explosion that injured its soldiers amid a simmering border dispute. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-ambassador-cambodia-border/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #cambodia #thailand #southeastasia
Thailand has accused Cambodia of placing landmines in a disputed border area after three soldiers were injured, but Phnom Penh denied the claim and said the soldiers had veered off agreed routes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/asia-pacific/politics/landmine-tensions-thailand-cambodia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #landmines
The generation of Cambodians who may find themselves in the firing line when the country introduces military conscription is split between quiet pangs of anxiety and proud proclamations of patriotism. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/asia-pacific/politics/cambodia-conscripts-thailand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #cambodia #thailand #southeastasia
China is set to expand its influence over Southeast Asia's development as the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump and other Western donors cut aid. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/asia-pacific/politics/western-aid-cuts-china-southeast-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southeastasia #china #us #donaldtrump #republicans #aid #easttimor #cambodia #laos #myanmar #indonesia
Thailand accused Cambodia of planting new land mines on the Thai side of the shared border, in an escalation of a bitter territorial dispute between the two countries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/21/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-cambodia-land-mines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #landmines #southeastasia
Cambodia held ceremonies across the country on Sunday to celebrate UNESCO's recognition of three former Khmer Rouge sites as World Heritage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/asia-pacific/cambodia-unesco-khmer-rouge-sites/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #cambodia #unesco #khmerrouge #southeastasia #genocide #polpot