IN Sokhuon is a Cambodian scholar who focuses on Indian and Chinese soft power strategies in Southeast Asia, with particular emphasis on diplomacy, cultural relations, aid development, educational exchanges and infrastructure engagement. He, currently a Research Fellow at the Institute for Contemporary Chinese Studies and a PhD candidate in International Relations and Politics at Mahatma Gandhi University, India.
On the night of 15 November 2025, near the Thai–Cambodian border in Sa Kaeo Province, an 18-year-old Cambodian migrant worker was allegedly assaulted and raped by seven Thai soldiers. She had spent months working in Thailand and was traveling home with a group of 13 Cambodian workers, all hoping toContinue Reading
Armed clashes along the Cambodia–Thailand border in late July 2025 showed once more how fragile peace is in Southeast Asia. According to Save the Children, over 1,200 schools in both countries, including Oddar Meanchey, Preah Vihear, and Surin provinces, were closed because artillery fire and the fighting forced 134,000 peopleContinue Reading
The tensions over Cambodia and Thailand are clearly more than a border dispute and are indicative of how the power of the media and military, as well as international biases, can threaten truth and silence the authentic voice of the people. While Cambodia and Thailand have links with a sharedContinue Reading
Divergent strategies on border disputes could be solved with an ASEAN solution. But is there the political will? The fighting along the Cambodia–Thailand border in July 2025 was short-lived but very telling. More than 140,000 people were forced to leave their homes due to five days of artillery fire and skirmishes. MoreContinue Reading
In 1979, the Thai-Cambodian border became the site of a harrowing but little-known tragedy, now brought to light in the powerful documentary Ghost Mountain, produced by the Preah Vihear Foundation. This film tells the story of Bunseng Taing, a Cambodian refugee who survived the Khmer Rouge’s Killing Fields only toContinue Reading