Social Media War stumbles during the border clashes

This week, more than a dozens of people in Thailand and Cambodia have been trying to prevent the war between the two countries.

But by exchanging a dispute over social media – a different type of war between their citizens has already been angry.

From the ownership of temples and provinces, the nationalist dance, costumes, food and sports – both the nationalists on both sides have long worked on many points of national pride.

Due to the increasing tension in recent weeks in the deadly attack on Thursday, the youngsters from both sides have been motivated to trade online the latest barb.

The commentary department of the social media posts has changed into the online Warzone, Thai and Cambodian users argued with each other and supported the official version of their government’s programs.

“Justice for Cambodia,” the Cambodian user commented on the user’s ticket video trying to explain the conflict. “Thai troops first fired at the Cambodian army.”

“(Who is) the biggest scam country said (what) a Thai user replied, broadly reference Scam center in Cambodia Hundreds of thousands are stuck.

“Cambodia first fired in Thailand. This is true. Join the #Cambodiaopandfire hashtag” Thai X user wrote, in a million -seen post.

Cambodian, in the meantime, “Thailand’s firing” is using hashtags and making their own videos about the conflict.

Border tension between the Two countries have been simmering sign may, after a brief skirmish killed one Cambodian Sardier. The two countries imposed restrictions on each other and strengthened military presence on the border.

In a decade, while bilateral relations landing at the lowest level, some expressed concern over social media that threatened to divide the people of both countries further.

The organizations of Cambodian and Thai journalists issued a joint statement in May and said that social media users “transmitted information without clear sources” and “caused by confusion.”

Groups urged social media users to “carefully consider potential results” while sharing the material related to the border.

Just as things are due to heat, some have taken the quarrel offline. In a viral video posted on Thursday, a Thai man who asked the Cambodian workers to speak Khmer – before hitting one of them in the face.

Vilawin Jongwilakasam, a professor of journalism of the University of Thamasat, told BBC Thai that BBC Thai said, “We are now watching violence.”

There are many sensitive touchpoints for social media warriors in both countries.

When the boundaries of the two countries were removed after the French occupation of Cambodia, the dispute between the two countries was 100 years ago.

In 2008, Cambodia registered the 11th -century Temple Preh Vihar near the controversial border as a UNESCO World Heritage – this is a move due to intense protests of Thailand.

Later, the dispute extended to the complex of the 13th century TA -wide temple complex – Cambodia claimed that on Thursday the Thai troops raised the thorny wires.

These historical sites have long been at the center of cultural competitors between the two countries, which are also up to sports, recipes and costumes.

The Thai nationalists say that they are cultural theft by “Clelabodia”, while their part of their Khmer has called them “Siami Chor”.

In 223, Thai Kickboxers boycotted the Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia. After the sports competition, he recognized Muti Thai.

Earlier this month, Cambodia argued after nominating the Khmer marriage tradition for the inscription on the UNESCO abstract cultural heritage list.

Thai social media users claimed that Thai was in the traditional dress submission – the allegations of anger and cultural appropriation were igniting, as Thailand had planned to be known by UNESCO.

Recently, Thai tourists attacked the Cambodian military officers at TA Muen Thom Temple in the controversial area on the Thai-Cambodian border.

Whether or not the aggression will be reduced now, now it is Cambodia has demanded a ceasefire??

On the other hand, political Kingmaker on both sides – who are their own enthusiastic social media users – they are also giving each other.

In the post on X, Thacin Shinawatra, a former Prime Minister of Thailand, said he praised the offer to help the enemies to interfere.

“But I asked for a while because I have to teach Sen a lesson from Thai troops,” he wrote.

Han Sen, who lives in Cambodian politics, was a strong former leader, responding to his X account.

“I was not surprised by the attitude of me, because he was betrayed the Thai king as well as his party members,” he wrote on Friday. “Now, with the pretext of revenge for the army, he is adopting the war, the last result of the people will be a problem of people.”

This specific growth of these events, in fact, arises Unexpected fracture of long -term friendship Between the Hun Sen and the Taxin Shinavatra. Han Sen called a phone call between him and Thasin’s daughter, Petongtern Shinawatra.

In this conversation, where the Patongtern – the then Prime Minister called him “uncle” and criticized one of her own military commander, she was embarrassed for her, and a large number of people’s anger increased.

He has since been suspended as the Prime Minister, and the constitutional court of Thailand is considering the petition of her dismissal.

Some Thai believes that Han Sen’s attempt was to distract the attention of the phone calls.

“Hoon wants to conflict and war, he wants to strengthen his child’s future status in his (Cambodia) and have a big enemy, so he tried for Thai-Thai narration and war,” Thai social media user said, “Thai is not a country like Cambodia for the first time.

Even if the border conflict stops less than the full war, the battle on social media is ready to continue.

Additional report