FILE PHOTO: This handout photo taken and released by Agence Kampuchea Press on September 17, 2025 shows Thai soldiers carrying barbed wire in a disputed area along the Cambodia-Thailand border in Banteay Meanchey province. According to The Nation, Thai defence minister Nattaphon Narkphanit said that the barrier will only be built in areas where the boundary has been clearly agreed. - AFP/ Agence Kampuchea Press
PHNOM PENH: Thai plans to build a 10-kilometre border wall in Sa Kaeo province, which border’s Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey, have raised eyebrows. The estimated budget is 87 million baht (over US$2.6 Million), and the public has been asked to contribute.
The head of a prominent Cambodian think tank noted that the Thais can build anything they like, as long as it is on their own territory and not in disputed areas.
