Learning to get along

After three months of extreme hostility, with border clashes resulting in a few dozen deaths, Thailand and Cambodia finally agreed to a peace deal brokered by US President Donald Trump.

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Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian leader Hun Manet signed a peace statement on Oct 26. After the signing ceremony, witnessed by Mr Trump and the Malaysian leader in Kuala Lumpur, they attended a bilateral talk at a sideline event to the Asean meeting in the city.

It's just a start, but this is a step in the right direction. Preceding the statement signing, Cambodia had agreed to comply with Thailand's four conditions: the withdrawal of heavy weaponry, landmine clearance, suppression of cross-border crime, and border management with regard to Thai territory in Nong Chan and Nong Ya Kaeo in Sa Kaeo's Khok Sung district.

For the first time, the Thai prime minister conceded that the entire Nong Chan village may not belong solely to Thailand, as previously claimed by ultra-nationalist elements.