{"id":1844926,"date":"2025-09-05T08:56:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T12:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1844926"},"modified":"2025-09-05T09:02:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T13:02:18","slug":"the-map-behind-the-preah-vihear-border-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/09\/the-map-behind-the-preah-vihear-border-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"The Map Behind the Preah Vihear Border Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the Geographical<\/em> magazine website, Tim Marshall explains<\/a> how a 1907 topographical map fuels a current-day border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand<\/a>. And without any imagery of the map at all (right). It\u2019s about the lands around<\/em> the Preah Vihear<\/a> temple; the temple itself was assigned to Cambodia in a 1953 ruling. (And not to be confused with Preah Vihear<\/a> the province or Preah Vihear<\/a> the provincial capital, which is some distance from. A reference map would have helped, honestly.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the Geographical magazine website, Tim Marshall explains how a 1907 topographical map fuels a current-day border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand. And without any imagery of the map at all (right). 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