Kevin Smith KH
The day after I spray painted the border containers in Thmor Da.
Turns out Thai soldiers didn’t like my art work quite as much as Cambodians did. They’d been sent to prevent any more of that tomfoolery…
Then we caught them starting to add containers.
The activities of Thai soldiers 🇹🇭 are destroying and destroying the homes of Cambodian citizens 🇰🇭 in Prey Chan village, O Bei Choan commune, O Chrov district, Banteay Meanchey province.
Bombing Hindu-built temples and destroying a Hindu deity’s statue in #Cambodia cannot be justified by any border conflict. These sacred places are not military targets. Sorry, my Hindu friends, small and weak Cambodia cannot stop the Thai military from destroying 🙏
Residents and students fled after the invading Thai military used a T-50 plane to drop bombs near Phnom Sampov, Battambang province, at 10 a.m. on December 24, 2025.
It is a striking coincidence that Thailand demolished a Hindu statue on Cambodian territory on the same day that East Asia Forum published the article “Thailand, the Sick Man of Southeast Asia?”. The article emphasizes not only Thailand’s economic slowdown and its struggle with the middle-income trap, but also the spillover of domestic problems into foreign policy, to the point where border conflicts with neighbouring countries become a symptom of deeper political and structural dysfunction.