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Daily Mail
19-07-2025
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS At least 18 are dead as tourist boat carrying 53 capsizes in Vietnam
At least 18 people have died after a tourist boat carrying 53 passengers capsized in Vietnam.
Daily Mail
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Revealed in a shocking new book a year after the death of French screen legend Alain Delon... My father was 'the most beautiful man in movie history' – but he also beat up my mother and pointed a gun at me
The 'ice cold angel' of the golden age of French cinema, Alain Delon's mesmerising sex appeal was always tinged with a hint of danger. Dishonourably discharged from the French Navy after a tour of duty in Indochina, and caught up in a gangsters-and-orgies scandal in 1968, no one doubted that the man who memorably unzipped Marianne Faithfull's motorbike leathers with his teeth was a fighter as well as a lover.
South China Morning Post
21-06-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Thailand-Cambodia border clash tests China's neighbourhood diplomacy
A deadly border skirmish between Thailand and Cambodia late last month has put China's neighbourhood diplomacy to the test as Beijing seeks to maintain stability in a region crucial to its strategic interests. Analysts said China would probably monitor the Thailand-Cambodia border dispute closely while avoiding direct mediation. They added that Beijing might work with Asean to prevent future direct confrontations between troops along a 4.6 sq km (1.78-square-mile) stretch of disputed land. Thai and Cambodian officials met for the first time last weekend following an exchange of fire between troops that left one Cambodian soldier dead. But tensions remain high over the clash on May 28 in an area known as the Emerald Triangle – where Cambodia, Thailand and Laos meet. Both sides claim to have acted in self-defence and quickly withdrew their soldiers to prevent further confrontation. But the brief skirmish has shed light on deep-rooted border disputes in the Indochina peninsula, which lies alongside China and is considered a crucial trade gateway for Beijing to Southeast Asia and beyond. It was also the second armed conflict in China's neighbourhood within a month. In early May, nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan exchanged missile and air strikes in a four-day conflict. It followed a deadly attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir on April 22 that New Delhi blamed on Pakistan-based militant groups. While analysts agreed that the risk of a wider escalation between Cambodia and Thailand was low, they said the recent confrontation might cast a shadow over China's neighbourhood diplomacy – a priority for Beijing's foreign policy as it looks to foster closer regional ties to offset pressure from its rivalry with the United States. 'Both Cambodia and Thailand are friendly neighbours to China, and nothing concerning China's surroundings is a small matter,' said Qian Feng, a senior research fellow with Taihe Institute, a Beijing-based think tank.
Malay Mail
14-06-2025
- Politics
- Malay Mail
Thailand says ‘made progress' in Cambodia border dispute talks, but ICJ rift remains
BANGKOK, June 14 — Thailand said Saturday talks with neighbour Cambodia had 'made progress' in resolving a long-running border dispute that last month devolved into clashes. Troops from the two countries exchanged fire on May 28 in an area known as the Emerald Triangle, where the borders of Cambodia, Thailand and Laos meet, with one Cambodian soldier killed. The Thai and Cambodian armies both said they had acted in self-defence, but agreed to reposition their soldiers to avoid confrontations. Thailand has tightened border controls with Cambodia in recent days, while Cambodia ordered troops on Friday to stay on 'full alert'. Officials from the two countries had agreed to resolve the spat at a Saturday meeting in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. Foreign ministry adviser Prasas Prasasvinitchai was leading the Thai delegation, while Lam Chea, minister of state in charge of the Secretariat of Border Affairs, headed the Cambodian contingent. Thailand's foreign ministry on Saturday said the meeting had 'made progress in building mutual understanding' between the two countries. Thai foreign ministry spokesman Nikorndej Balankura said in a press conference that 'diplomatic dialogue remains the most effective way forward', adding that talks would go into Sunday. The row dates to the drawing of the 800-kilometre (500-mile) frontier, largely done during the French occupation of Indochina. The region has seen sporadic violence since 2008, resulting in at least 28 deaths. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet announced earlier this month that Cambodia would file a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over four disputed border areas, including the site of the latest clash. Hun Manet said in a Facebook post Friday that the four areas and the border restrictions would not be discussed at Saturday's talks. 'Cambodia awaits Thailand to clarify its official position at (Saturday's) meeting on whether Thailand will join Cambodia in referring the four areas to the ICJ,' he said. The ICJ ruled in 2013 that a disputed area next to Preah Vihear temple belonged to Cambodia, but Thailand says it does not accept the ICJ's jurisdiction. — AFP
Arab News
14-06-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Thailand and Cambodia meet over border dispute
BANGKOK: Officials from Thailand and Cambodia met Saturday in Phnom Penh, an AFP journalist saw, as the Southeast Asian neighbors sought to resolve a long-running border dispute that last month devolved into from the two countries exchanged fire on May 28 in an area known as the Emerald Triangle, where the borders of Cambodia, Thailand and Laos meet, with one Cambodian soldier Thai and Cambodian armies both said they had acted in self-defense, but agreed to reposition their soldiers to avoid has tightened border controls with Cambodia in recent days, while Cambodia ordered troops on Friday to stay on 'full alert.'Officials from the two countries had agreed to resolve the spat at Saturday's meet in the Cambodian capital Phnom ministry adviser Prasart Prasartvinitchai was leading the Thai delegation, while Chea Lam, minister of state in charge of the Secretariat of Border Affairs, headed the Cambodian side commented ahead of the row dates to the drawing of the 800-kilometer frontier, largely done during the French occupation of region has seen sporadic violence since 2008, resulting in at least 28 Prime Minister Hun Manet announced earlier this month that Cambodia would file a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over four disputed border areas, including the site of the latest ICJ ruled in 2013 that a disputed area next to Preah Vihear temple belonged to Cambodia, but Thailand says it does not accept the ICJ's jurisdiction.
