Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan

Health communications specialist, journalist, manager. Author of East Timor: Blood and Tears in ASEAN. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine alumnus @LSTMnews

[Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan @ozasian]

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[Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan @ozasian]

@noansereiboth Kem Sokha released

[Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan @ozasian]

@KhaosodEnglish @PravitR We urgently need an intellectual analysis on the deeper trust deficit at the heart of the Thailand–Cambodia conflict — beyond surface-level mediation wins. Who does Thailand actually trust as honest brokers, and what shapes that calculus?

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@KhaosodEnglish The wrath of Shiva in this mantra: Om Tryambak Yajamahe
Sugandhim Pushtee-Vardhanam ।
Urvarukmeva Bandhanaan
Mrtyoh-Mrukshiya MaaMmrataat ॥ Om Namo Shiva, Om Namo Shiva, Om Namo Shiva, The Fire Burns, The Fire Burns, The Fire Burns the Wicked and Evil Forces of the Demon Ravana.

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@KhaosodEnglish @PravitR The wrath of Shiva in this mantra: Om Tryambak Yajamahe
Sugandhim Pushtee-Vardhanam ।
Urvarukmeva Bandhanaan
Mrtyoh-Mrukshiya MaaMmrataat ॥ Om Namo Shiva, Om Namo Shiva, Om Namo Shiva, The Fire Burns, The Fire Burns, The Fire Burns the Wicked and Evil Forces of the Demon Ravana.

[Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan @ozasian]

@KhaosodEnglish The wrath of Shiva in this mantra: Om Tryambak Yajamahe
Sugandhim Pushtee-Vardhanam ।
Urvarukmeva Bandhanaan
Mrtyoh-Mrukshiya MaaMmrataat ॥ Om Namo Shiva, Om Namo Shiva, Om Namo Shiva, The Fire Burns, The Fire Burns, The Fire Burns the Wicked and Evil Forces of the Demon Ravana.

[Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan @ozasian]

@KhaosodEnglish Beware the wrath of Shiva -- the Destroyer!!

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@KhaosodEnglish The wrath of Shiva in this mantra: Om Tryambak Yajamahe
Sugandhim Pushtee-Vardhanam ।
Urvarukmeva Bandhanaan
Mrtyoh-Mrukshiya MaaMmrataat ॥ Om Namo Shiva, Om Namo Shiva, Om Namo Shiva, The Fire Burns, The Fire Burns, The Fire Burns the Wicked and Evil Forces of the Demon Ravana.

[Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan @ozasian]

HELP!!! STOP THE BOMBING!!! Our beloved Dhamma Latthika Vipassana Centre in Banan district, Battambang, adjacent to Phnom Sampov, is in the line of fire after Thai T-50 fighter jets dropped four bombs on civilian areas in Banan District, Battambang province on December 24.

[Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan @ozasian]

PHNOM PENH — For families displaced by the fighting along the Cambodia–Thailand border, the threat of hunger is tightening fast as conflict-related disruptions cut them off from food, income and markets.
https://t.co/P6JUzhLUmK

[Sao Phal Niseiy @saophalniseiy]

The failure to stop fighting between Cambodia and Thailand after more than a week of diplomacy has exposed fundamental limits in ASEAN’s ability to manage conflict among its own members, analysts say, raising concerns that regional mechanisms provide little restraint when national security narratives and domestic political pressures take precedence.

https://t.co/AeKJbkP0Tv

[Khaosod English @KhaosodEnglish]

Pursuing our belief in building bridges and not walls, and keep the spacw for dialogue despite the ongoing war between Thailand and Cambodia,
Khaosod English requested Cambodian journalist and analyst Chandara Samba to write three paragraphs from Cambodia to the Thai people, through is, in this time of war between our two nations. Here is the unedited message:
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To the people of Thailand, war and the use of armed force are never the final solution. No problem can be resolved by attempting to destroy an entire nation. The outbreak of armed conflict is a sign of failure of human society, civilization, and knowledge. At the state level, it reflects the failure of diplomacy and of governments to manage disputes through peaceful means. The renewed fighting between Cambodia and Thailand, even after a peace agreement reached in late October, further exposes this failure at the state level. It is an unbelievable clash and one that reportedly drew an exclamation of disbelief even from U.S. President Donald Trump.

As a journalist who has visited the conflict zone, I have witnessed a tragedy that neither the Cambodian nor the Thai people should ever have to endure. Hundreds of thousands of civilians have been forced to abandon their homes in search of safety. Children are unable to attend school, babies suffer from malnutrition, the elderly lack proper care, and the sick are left without adequate medical attention. Many have lost their property, and farmland, while some have seen their homes destroyed by shelling and they just hope for the clash end soon. I ask myself: is this what we want? How have we reached this point? This does not even account for the deaths, injuries, disabilities, and the loss of loved ones that wounds that will remain permanent scars.

By the end of 2025, relations between our two countries have reached a dangerously tense point. The pain, tears, and bloodshed will haunt both nations for decades to come. Yet Cambodia and Thailand cannot escape one another, we are neighboring countries and fellow members of ASEAN. This tragedy must end. We must act as civilized societies and resolve our differences through dialogue, not through violence.
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Chandara Samban, A News Correspondent for The ASEAN Frontier (TAF) and junior threat intelligence analyst. December 14, 2025. Day 7 of the war.
#ThailandCambodia #ไทยกัมพูชา #NoWarThaiCambodia #หยุดสงคราม #หยุดยิง

[Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan @ozasian]

@KhaosodEnglish More lives could have been saved if they were deployed earlier 😢😢

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@KhaosodEnglish The idiot sets up an EOC (Emergency Operations Center) when the flood waters are receding. An EOC, in a humanitarian emergency is set up at the immediate onset of a disaster -- and NOT a week later!!!

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@KhaosodEnglish Just resign!! You are a disgrace to the nation!!!!😡😡🤬

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In an international context often marked by tensions and a legacy of conflicts, it is salutary to see two newsrooms— Cambodianess @TTNEnglish (Cambodia) and @KhaosodEnglish (Thailand)—from countries in conflict to engage in cooperation.
https://t.co/BQbXMIZ9gw

[Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan @ozasian]

The collaboration between Cambodianess @TTNEnglish and @KhaosodEnglish shows that responsible, partnership-driven reporting across borders is possible. But it still remains the rare exception in a volatile media environment.
https://t.co/bLrbadwmDE

[Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan @ozasian]

34 years ago, Indonesian troops massacred over 271 peaceful protestors at Dili’s Santa Cruz cemetery, including 20-year-old Kamal Bamadhaj. His death shattered ASEAN’s silence on East Timor and marked a turning point for regional awareness. #EastTimor
https://t.co/TCq2aWEPnx

[Jacob in Cambodia 🇺🇸 🇰🇭 @jacobincambodia]

This piece is a good reminder of the painful tension so many along the Thai–Cambodian border are living with: frustration at Thailand’s actions, the collapse of markets like Ban Khlong Luek, and families trapped in uncertainty and debt.

People remain displaced while nationalists on both sides fuel anger that solves nothing. As Pravit and Leang note, both nations are still “locked in a cycle of conflict.”

Breaking that cycle will take humility, setting pride aside, reopening borders, and choosing cooperation over nationalism. Ultranationalism helps no one.

Empathy and shared humanity are the only way forward. Can we all agree on that?