The Economist (US), June 23rd, 1990
FROM OUR SOUTH-EAST ASIA CORRESPONDENT
YET another round of talks on Cambodian peace-this one by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council-is due in Paris on july 10th. But the news from Cambodia this week is that fighting has flared again. The Khmers Rouges are thought to have taken control of the area around Kompong Thom, a provincial town 60 miles north of Phnom Penh which sits athwart the few roads that exist in northern Cambodia. This week's news is probably a more accurate sign of where Cambodia is headed than next month's peace talks will be.
Why? Dr Noordin Sopiee, the ...
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