PHNOM PENH, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Thailand has insisted on naming the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple as "Pra Viharn" in accordance with its Thai pronunciation, national media said on Wednesday.
The divergence therefore became a major impediment for Cambodia to solve its border disputes with Thailand during a two-day meeting of the Joint Border Committee of Cambodia and Thailand (JBC) here on Monday and Tuesday, Chinese-language newspaper the Jian Hua Daily quoted Var Kim Hong, chairman of the Cambodian sideof JBC, as saying.
Cambodia proposed to list the name as "Preah Vihear temple (Pra Viharn temple)" in relevant documents and draft agreements, but Thailand still couldn't accept it, he added.
Meanwhile, Vasin Teeravechyan, chairman of the Thai side of JBC, told reporters on Tuesday that Thailand didn't turn down the name of Preah Vihear, but demanded that Pra Viharn be used together with Preah Vihear as the name of the temple at international conferences.
Thailand believed that the difference about how to name the temple should be solved within JBC, and this matter actually had nothing to do with UNESCO (the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization), he added.
In the meantime, as a positive result of the JBC meeting, Cambodia and Thailand agreed to plant border posts in July within the disputed areas near the Preah Vihear temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Technicians from both sides will jointly survey the land near the temple with the priority of planting border posts there and therefore helping contain armed clashes, according to Var Kim Hongand Vasin Teeravechyan.
Two rounds of exchanges of heavy gunfire took place last Friday after Thai troops intruded on the Cambodian land near the temple, according to a statement issued by the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
These were the worst military confrontations since both troops started to station near the temple in July 2008.
In addition, two armed clashes at the same area last year once sparked brief concerns of war.
The two neighboring countries have never fully demarcated their over 800-km-long border, mainly due to different interpretations of historical maps, as well as the landmines left over from decades of war in Cambodia.
The divergence therefore became a major impediment for Cambodia to solve its border disputes with Thailand during a two-day meeting of the Joint Border Committee of Cambodia and Thailand (JBC) here on Monday and Tuesday, Chinese-language newspaper the Jian Hua Daily quoted Var Kim Hong, chairman of the Cambodian sideof JBC, as saying.
Cambodia proposed to list the name as "Preah Vihear temple (Pra Viharn temple)" in relevant documents and draft agreements, but Thailand still couldn't accept it, he added.
Meanwhile, Vasin Teeravechyan, chairman of the Thai side of JBC, told reporters on Tuesday that Thailand didn't turn down the name of Preah Vihear, but demanded that Pra Viharn be used together with Preah Vihear as the name of the temple at international conferences.
Thailand believed that the difference about how to name the temple should be solved within JBC, and this matter actually had nothing to do with UNESCO (the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization), he added.
In the meantime, as a positive result of the JBC meeting, Cambodia and Thailand agreed to plant border posts in July within the disputed areas near the Preah Vihear temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Technicians from both sides will jointly survey the land near the temple with the priority of planting border posts there and therefore helping contain armed clashes, according to Var Kim Hongand Vasin Teeravechyan.
Two rounds of exchanges of heavy gunfire took place last Friday after Thai troops intruded on the Cambodian land near the temple, according to a statement issued by the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
These were the worst military confrontations since both troops started to station near the temple in July 2008.
In addition, two armed clashes at the same area last year once sparked brief concerns of war.
The two neighboring countries have never fully demarcated their over 800-km-long border, mainly due to different interpretations of historical maps, as well as the landmines left over from decades of war in Cambodia.
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that is an excellent point, my dear; the last time i check, preah vihear temple belongs to cambodia, thus, in any negotiation with siem thieves want-to-be, they must use our khmer words for it, period, no exception!
Thailand is trying to put a foot hold in the ownership of Preah Vihear and will lay claim in the short and long future that is their tactic. If Cambodia agrees to even use their name then it's a win for them. They said it's nothing to do with UNESCO, this is bullshit. They know it's crazy and not right to ask other to call/name their property something that the owner is not approved of. That is why they want to resolve it bilaterally because it would be embarrassing for them on the International stage to insist that Cambodia calls Preah Vihear that belongs to Cambodia a name that Thailand wants to call and use in document. This is laughable. The Thais must be crazy. What would they say if Cambodia renames and uses in any International documents all the Thai's provinces along the Khmer/Thai border to Khmer names? Stop talking about Preah Vihear, it's finished, it's over, just talk about the border demarcation.
I don't think the Thai can pronounce pra viharn.They rather pronounce pla viharn.Because ah chomkuot Thai doesn't have R sound.
Can we sugest Thai to Call Bankok as " Beung Kok " (Beung Kak is a Lake full with Reed.....and Khmer name we have another Beung Kak in PPenh
Can we sugest Thai to Call Bangkok as " Beung Kok " (Beung Kak is a Lake full with Reed.....and Khmer name we have another Beung Kak in PPenh
Thailand is just trying to buy more times while there is political chaos in the country. Technically, the word Preah Vihear has been recognised internationally since the case won in the international court early 1960s.
You can call whatever you like, but the spelling in black and white got to be PREAH VIHEAR.
This issue is not about Preah Vihear. It's about border demarcation. Siamese are an idiot. Preah Vihear was built by Khmer King and for Khmer Children. And international known it as Preah Vihear. They have no right to tell other country to name something in Siamese word just because the Siamese doesn't know how to pronounce it properly.
Here to all the stupid, tell Beijing to change to Pra Bangcok and Hanoi to Pra Noi see and Washingto to Pra Thai Kouy. See what there reaction to your stupidity.
:=)
Oh, also your former PM Ahbullshit Vagina and Your Majesty Bhumibol is a Learn to walk again with the baby walker call him Walkie Talkies.
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វិហានចុះបើប្រជាពលរដ្ឌខ្មែរចង់បានបាងកក
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មិនព្រម?
If they change Bangkok to Bang Cock then we'll change it to Prah Viharn shit.
Fight them, without fighting them, Thailand will never respect Cmabodia, and even UN will never solve this issue.
Fight them, Fight them, Fight them,
Fight them, Fight them!
Red-Ant is telling you again,Thai-PM, that no matter what, even though 100 more Thailand PM, Preah Vihear is still belonging to Khmer.
Thailand better adjust of this misundertanding which have been influencing to your own Thai-civilians centuries. Otherwise, you will have no peace.
Or it's a time of Bangkok fallen come.
Red-Ant.
I don't understand and it is not hard to understand. Thailand should except the reality.
If we (Cambodia) still insist of saying and claiming that the rest of Thai is Khmer how do they feel?
I hate to see this barbarian and uncivilize nation being stupid.
Khmer must make the Thai respect what is our what is their.
KhmerPP,
មើលចុះ សាស្ត្រទាំងអស់នៅអាស៊ីជុំវិញយើង សុទ្ធតែបានប្រើវិធីដូរឈ្មោះ ទឺកដីយើងទាំងអស់។
យួនបានដូរភ្នំពេញ ទៅជាណាំយ៉ាង ដូរកោះត្រល់ ទៅជាភូកុក ។កាលពីប៉ុន្មានឆ្នាំមុននេះ គេបានទាមទារយកកោះខ្មែរខ្លះទៀត ព្រោះគេថា៖ កោះទាំងនោះ គេបានដូរជាភាសាយួនរួចហើយ! គួរឲ្យអស់សំណើចណាស់?។
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khmer people should call on the world to make thailand or siem understand that this is a khmer-built religious temple and the 1962 icj verdict even helped to confirmed it already. so, naturally khmer having hard time saying in thai tonal sound as khmer language is non-tonal. thus, the we ask that the world help to pressure and educate the thai, who is having hard time understanding simple english simple khmer request to get use to our khmer spelling and sound of the name preah vihear. the last i checked the preah vihear temple was confirmed to be a khmer-built temple and located in khmer territory, so, by law it is a name and spelling that cambodia and the rest of the world will have to accept and live with it forever. i don't see thailand is using "siem" as siem is the khmer world for thailand, so i don't expect thailand to have cambodia convert our name preah vihear to prah viharn or whatever to suit their wishful thinking and their dream of steal from cambodia again. same concept here, my dear! so, if they still don't accept this, the world in the name of lawful society will tell thailand to live with it for good. c'est la vie, get used to it, siem thieves! god bless cambodia.
yes, the last i checked, preah vihear is a khmer-built temple and have always belonged to khmer people of cambodia and khmer people all over the world as well. god bless cambodia.
siem unruly people and their confused leaders must be on yamma or cocain or amphetamine or something! their brains are fried due to abusing drugs! what are they thinking? i bet they want o change "cambodia" to thailand too, i guess! that's a wishful thinking and can get them in deep doo doo! god bless cambodia.
Thailand wants more of our land.
Thailand cannot get enough of our land.
Thai military cross border into Cambodia intended to claims our territory.
Thai military occupied three of our temples and near by Preah Vihear temples.
Thailand have an ambition to claim Preah Vihear temples as their own.
Thailand wanted Prasat Preah Vihear temples to be call Prasat Khao Phra Vihan temple in Thai language.
Cambodia did not even take Thai's land.
Cambodian soldiers did not even cross the border into Thailand.
But ah Hun Sen give away our island Koh Tral to Vietnam.
Almost half of our ocean territory goes with Koh Tral island.
Almost half of our oil fields goes with Koh Tral island.
Thailand wants more of our land.
Ah Hun Sen give away our land.
This show that Ah Hun Sen have no interest in protect Cambodian territory.
Because Ah Hun Sen trade Koh Tral island for his power to Vietnam.
The Khmer peoples continue to have heartaches because Thai took our territories and our peoples.
The Khmer peoples continue to have heartaches because Vietnamese took our territories and our peoples.
This heartaches will go on for many more generations.
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