This news is a bit old but shows that the dispute between Thailand and Cambodia over the Preah Vihear temple site might be nearing a settlement.
The temple called Prasat Preah Vihear is on the border with Cambodia, inside Cambodian territory, although easy access is from the Thai side. According to Wikipedia the earliest temple use of the site dates to the early 9th. Century although the earliest remaining buildings are 100 years later.
This dates to a pre-Tai settlement period when Khmer and Mon ethnic groups would have controlled present day Thailand.
Tags: Khmer
May 2, 2008 at 8:48 am |
[...] such good news on Preah Vihear In March it looked like the Thai and Cambodian governments were getting closer to a settlement on access to [...]