AUG 6 — The ceasefire signed in Putrajaya on July 28, 2025, between Thailand and Cambodia was hailed as a major diplomatic breakthrough. However, beneath its polished language...
No peace without precision: The Thai-Cambodian GBC must begin to resolve all nagging issues — Phar Kim Beng Wednesday, 06 Aug 2025 8:43 AM MYTAUG 6 — The ceasefire signed in Putrajaya on July 28, 2025, between Thailand and Cambodia was hailed as a major diplomatic breakthrough.
At the same time, the agreement is conspicuously silent on one vital front: the role of hyper-nationalist media in inflaming tensions. Without explicit commitments from both governments to rein in incendiary reporting, especially narratives that frame the conflict as a patriotic defence of ancestral lands, the peace process remains at risk of being sabotaged by the very public it hopes to protect.
An attaché talks with people next to foreign military attaches from major powers and Asean member countries, and a Thai military personnel, during a visit to a shelter for displaced people in Sisaket province on August 1, 2025. — Reuters pic These supply chains must be severed. Without action, the conflict risks devolving into a proxy war led by non-state actors immune to formal agreements.
Peace Without Precision: The Thai-Cambodian GBC Must Begin To Resolve All Nagging Issues Phar Kim Beng
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