23/08/2025
Thailand is moving fast to replace the Cambodian workers who left. They are bringing in people from Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh. On the surface, it looks like a quick fix, but it’s not.
Factories are slowing down, construction is delayed, and seafood exports are falling behind.
Cambodian workers had the skills, the language, and the experience, things that can’t be replaced overnight. Training new workers will take months.
Quietly, this gives Cambodia a new kind of leverage. We don’t have to make noise. Stability and law keep trade steady, and that makes Thailand more dependent on us than before.
Observers are now stationed at the border. They don’t cross into either side, but they are watching and logging everything. Every patrol, every report, every staged press tour is recorded.
This changes the game. When the time comes to speak in ASEAN or even at the ICJ, those observer records will matter more than loud statements on television.
Cambodia doesn’t need to argue. The evidence is being built day by day.
Watch the dates. August 25. August 29. September 9.
These days will shape how Thailand speaks.
August 25 is when Paetongtarn’s case closes.
August 29 is the verdict.
September 9 is the Supreme Court decision about Thaksin. These are political pressures inside Thailand.
They will make the language around the border louder, but it doesn’t mean the situation on the ground has changed.
Stay focused on the records and the facts, not the noise.
China is quietly using this moment to move faster on joint projects like water systems, energy grids, and transport routes that connect through Cambodia.
This strengthens our position in the region while Thailand is busy managing its own internal issues.
In public, we can talk about cooperation.
In private, we should secure guarantees and agreements that protect our future.
Online, the noise is starting to fade. Nationalist posts are still out there, but engagement is dropping.
People are tired. Many migrant communities are quietly building support networks in private spaces, away from the noise.
That is where resilience is growing.
What we need now is steady, calm messaging, no overreaction, just quiet consistency.
At the border, the people are tired. Soldiers, traders, and families are living in routine and discipline, but they are exhausted. Quiet helps keep everyone steady.
Sudden spikes in news or loud headlines can shake that calm. That’s why updates must be short, clear, and calm to keep the ground steady.
The real strength for Cambodia is not in loud words or big shows of force. It is in the record we are building, every map, every timestamp, every observer note, every report. This is quiet power.
When the stage shifts to ASEAN, to the UN, or to the ICJ, our file will speak for itself.
This is where we are now. Steady, disciplined, and quiet. Not in the noise. Not in the rush. In the proof that no one can erase.
