India's challenge is to maintain strategic autonomy and to promote its vision of a more inclusive, rules-based and connected South and Southeast Asia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/05/world/indias-dangerous-neighborhood/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #india #nepal #thailand #indopacific #southeastasia #malaysia #cambodia #defense #china #pakistan #bangladesh #democracy

When a five-day conflict broke out between Cambodia and Thailand in late June, both sides were armed with weapons supplied by China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/asia-pacific/politics/peace-arms-china-dual-roles-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #cambodia #thailand #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar

Thai and Cambodian troops clashed in the border area of northeastern Thailand, exchanging gunfire in the first such conflict between their forces since they agreed to a U.S.-backed ceasefire in late July. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/28/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-cambodia-troops-ceasefire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia

Donald Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize campaign – which he recently took to the United Nations General Assembly — has followed a familiar pattern: Invent or inflate a problem, claim to have solved it, and then demand a reward. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/28/world/trumps-peacemaker-hype/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #trump #india #pakistan #cambodia #thailand #rwanda #drc #defense #ukraine #russia #ukrainewar #nobelpeaceprize

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