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[Jacob in Cambodia 🇺🇸 🇰🇭 @jacobincambodia]

Aishah Siregar has surfaced again in Cambodia with a statement addressed to national and international media. She says she left Singapore of her own will because life there had become stressful, that she came looking for work teaching English, and that nobody forced or tricked her into coming. She adds that she has no involvement in scamming or any other crime.

It is circulating on Khmer social media, packaged with a note that coverage abroad has misrepresented conditions in Cambodia and that readers should not be misled. The Ministry of Interior had already described the case as a personal family matter.

Her last message to her mother said she was going to school. Her brother told CNA that when the family went to collect her, her WhatsApp and Telegram accounts had been deleted and her phone line was dead. Emails they found later showed she had transferred hundreds of dollars to someone whose name matches an online friend she had been gaming with for over a year. The statement addresses none of that.

[Noan Sereiboth​  @noansereiboth]

Cambodian Minister of Culture and Fine Arts Phoeurng Sackona visited Preah Vihear Temple to inspect damage caused by the Thai military attack last year.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet told Reuters Thai forces have not withdrawn from Cambodian territory after fighting last year and a US-brokered peace accord https://t.co/jlAar5IAcK

[Frontalforce 🇮🇳 @FrontalForce]

Thailand Army destroying Hindu deity monument in territory taken over from Cambodia

Why Thailand doing this ?

[Noan Sereiboth​  @noansereiboth]

Students rushed to catch their bicycles and motorbikes to get home from school after Thai fighter jet dropped bombs near Phnom Sampov, a popular tourist destination in Battambang province.

[The Sun keeps delight within @skdkk_95]

Cambodia’s response to Thailand on mine action
#Cambodia #Thailand #Invade #CeasefireNOW 🇰🇭🇰🇭🕊️🕊️

[Fresh News @freshnewsasia]

The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) condemns in the strongest possible terms the ongoing and unlawful military aggression by Thailand against the Kingdom of Cambodia, according to a statement seen by Fresh News on Friday (Dec. 19).

Read in full below.

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Thailand, the sick man of Southeast Asia? https://t.co/Da2Nw9s6zR

#cambodiathailand #Thailand #Crisis

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Thai thief

#Thai #ThailandHeadlines #thailandgirls #Thief #CambodiaNeedsPeace

[Dara Mech @MechDara1]

Thailand army has encroached into Cambodian civilian homes in Thma Da, according to residents CCTV

[The Sun keeps delight within @skdkk_95]

#ThailandInvadedCambodia

[Casey Barnett @caseydbarnett]

In 1941, Thailand invaded Cambodia and later declared war on the United States and the United Kingdom.¹

In 2025, Thai accusations that Cambodian soldiers fired across the border are again being used to justify an ongoing Thai invasion of Cambodia. Similar claims formed the basis of Thailand’s 1941 invasion of Cambodia. Then, as now, Thailand’s military action was intended to annex Cambodian territory.

Despite full knowledge of Japan’s genocidal conduct in China, including the 1937 Nanjing Massacre in which approximately 200,000 civilians and prisoners of war were killed, Thailand entered into a treaty with Japan on June 12, 1940.² This agreement laid the groundwork for Japan’s subsequent occupation of French Indochina and British Malaya.

After ratifying the treaty, Thailand invaded Cambodia and Laos in January 1941, claiming that French colonial forces in Cambodia had fired across the border into the Thai town of Aranyaprathet. In reality, Thailand had been preparing for invasion for months.³ Within weeks, Thailand forcibly annexed northern Cambodian provinces and western Lao territories.⁴

In December 1941, Thailand and Japan concluded a further agreement providing for mutual military support, with Japan explicitly backing Thailand’s territorial claims covering annexed areas of Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, and Burma.⁵ This agreement secured Thailand’s role as a logistics hub and staging ground for Japan’s conquest of British Malaya and Burma between 1941 and 1942.⁶
In July 1943, Japan rewarded Thailand for its cooperation by transferring to it six provinces of British Malaya and Burma.⁷

During this period, Thailand facilitated and materially benefited from Japan’s use of forced labor to construct the Burma Railway, linking Bangkok to Yangon.⁸ Among the enslaved laborers were 30,131 British and 686 American prisoners of war. Of these, 6,904 British and 131 Americans died as a result of brutal working conditions.⁹

Following the Allied victory in World War II, Thailand was compelled to relinquish all territories it had annexed in Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, and Burma. Britain initially sought punitive measures, including extended occupation of Thailand and potential control over the Thai Isthmus.¹⁰ The United States, however, opposed harsh postwar treatment, arguing that severe demands would destabilize Thailand and the wider region.¹¹

As a result, Thailand faced limited accountability for its wartime territorial aggression.

Now, in 2025, with little apparent collective memory of the consequences of its earlier irredentist ambitions, Thailand is once again invading Cambodia.

References
1Thai declaration of war:

https://t.co/SYdY3KWeeA

2Text of the 1940 Japan–Thailand treaty:
https://t.co/dLjnVCakvR
3Background to the Franco-Thai conflict:

https://t.co/VrnXDtJg1l

4Franco-Thai War overview:
https://t.co/XYE5UfMtht
5Text of the 1941 Japan–Thailand agreement:
https://t.co/ozpNCZXVbx
6Japanese conquest of British Malaya:

https://t.co/LQJz8zsKI1

71943 Japanese award of Malayan and Burmese provinces:

https://t.co/eOWdJe3auS

8Burma Railway construction:
https://t.co/63L1cStfBw
9POW deaths on the Burma Railway:

https://t.co/viMqN31tQI

10British postwar plans for Thailand:

https://t.co/Yim2AGPiZa

11U.S. policy on postwar stabilization of Thailand:

https://t.co/HFBCTQuP0B

[Noan Sereiboth​  @noansereiboth]

A warehouse storing container trucks was damaged by a bomb dropped by a Thai F-16 fighter jet.

[The Sun keeps delight within @skdkk_95]

#thailandinvadecambodia #failednation
#CambodiaNeedsPeace

https://t.co/BJWvURdHIa

[Noan Sereiboth​  @noansereiboth]

Cambodian Embassy in France: European passengers transiting through Bangkok airport to Cambodia have faced excessive and unacceptable checks. Travelers are strongly advised to avoid transiting through Thailand.

[Casey Barnett @caseydbarnett]

In 1941, Thailand invaded Cambodia and later declared war on the United States and the United Kingdom.¹

In 2025, Thai accusations that Cambodian soldiers fired across the border are again being used to justify an ongoing Thai invasion of Cambodia. Similar claims formed the basis of Thailand’s 1941 invasion of Cambodia. Then, as now, Thailand’s military action was intended to annex Cambodian territory.

Despite full knowledge of Japan’s genocidal conduct in China, including the 1937 Nanjing Massacre in which approximately 200,000 civilians and prisoners of war were killed, Thailand entered into a treaty with Japan on June 12, 1940.² This agreement laid the groundwork for Japan’s subsequent occupation of French Indochina and British Malaya.

After ratifying the treaty, Thailand invaded Cambodia and Laos in January 1941, claiming that French colonial forces in Cambodia had fired across the border into the Thai town of Aranyaprathet. In reality, Thailand had been preparing for invasion for months.³ Within weeks, Thailand forcibly annexed northern Cambodian provinces and western Lao territories.⁴

In December 1941, Thailand and Japan concluded a further agreement providing for mutual military support, with Japan explicitly backing Thailand’s territorial claims covering annexed areas of Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, and Burma.⁵ This agreement secured Thailand’s role as a logistics hub and staging ground for Japan’s conquest of British Malaya and Burma between 1941 and 1942.⁶
In July 1943, Japan rewarded Thailand for its cooperation by transferring to it six provinces of British Malaya and Burma.⁷

During this period, Thailand facilitated and materially benefited from Japan’s use of forced labor to construct the Burma Railway, linking Bangkok to Yangon.⁸ Among the enslaved laborers were 30,131 British and 686 American prisoners of war. Of these, 6,904 British and 131 Americans died as a result of brutal working conditions.⁹

Following the Allied victory in World War II, Thailand was compelled to relinquish all territories it had annexed in Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, and Burma. Britain initially sought punitive measures, including extended occupation of Thailand and potential control over the Thai Isthmus.¹⁰ The United States, however, opposed harsh postwar treatment, arguing that severe demands would destabilize Thailand and the wider region.¹¹

As a result, Thailand faced limited accountability for its wartime territorial aggression.

Now, in 2025, with little apparent collective memory of the consequences of its earlier irredentist ambitions, Thailand is once again invading Cambodia.

References
1Thai declaration of war:

https://t.co/SYdY3KWeeA

2Text of the 1940 Japan–Thailand treaty:
https://t.co/dLjnVCakvR
3Background to the Franco-Thai conflict:

https://t.co/VrnXDtJg1l

4Franco-Thai War overview:
https://t.co/XYE5UfMtht
5Text of the 1941 Japan–Thailand agreement:
https://t.co/ozpNCZXVbx
6Japanese conquest of British Malaya:

https://t.co/LQJz8zsKI1

71943 Japanese award of Malayan and Burmese provinces:

https://t.co/eOWdJe3auS

8Burma Railway construction:
https://t.co/63L1cStfBw
9POW deaths on the Burma Railway:

https://t.co/viMqN31tQI

10British postwar plans for Thailand:

https://t.co/Yim2AGPiZa

11U.S. policy on postwar stabilization of Thailand:

https://t.co/HFBCTQuP0B

[Leong Wai Kit @LeongWaiKitCNA]

UPDATE DEC 18: Fighting continues with #Thai troops firing shells, including using "kamikaze drones", releasing "toxic gas" via drones, says #Cambodia defence ministry

At least 447,500 people displaced in Cambodia since clashes escalated Dec 8

[Jacob in Cambodia 🇺🇸 🇰🇭 @jacobincambodia]

Thailand’s behavior fits a bullying pattern. It is using overwhelming force against a weaker neighbor while framing it as defense. It demands Cambodia agree to a ceasefire first while continuing daily strikes. It shifts blame by presenting itself as open to peace while escalating on the ground. It pushes attacks beyond immediate border areas to intimidate. It has carried out repeated strikes in or near civilian areas, contributing to displacement and civilian harm.

[Leong Wai Kit @LeongWaiKitCNA]

WATCH: I was driving around Siem Reap province when I chanced upon this man who’s made a long drive to the relief camps just to help his countrymen

Fighting is still ongoing but he says “as a volunteer who’s out to help others, what’s there to fear?”

[Leong Wai Kit @LeongWaiKitCNA]

WATCH: My observations from filming, speaking to people in a “hot zone” close to the border fighting areas in #Cambodia

[Leong Wai Kit @LeongWaiKitCNA]

WATCH: My crew and I were filming near Cambodia-Thai border when we heard sounds of a “dropped bomb” according to a Cambodian local authority followed by sounds of engines in the sky

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WHY THAILAND MILITARY IS A THREAT TO ASEAN STABILITY

#CambodiaNeedsPeace
#ThaiCambodianBorder
https://t.co/aG1ngJLblB via @YouTube