Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoVietnam fined a TikToker $300 after he made a video suggesting Cambodia's Angkor Wat was in Thailandwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down13
arrow-up1114arrow-down1external-linkVietnam fined a TikToker $300 after he made a video suggesting Cambodia's Angkor Wat was in Thailandwww.businessinsider.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-square🐑🇸 🇭 🇪 🇪 🇵 🇱 🇪🐑@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down6·9 months agoHe got fined for a simple mistake? Dang
minus-squareCheradenine@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down5·9 months agoIt wasn’t a mistake. Cambodia takes that very seriously, as do the Thais. Historically the area went back and forth from what would be considered modern day Thailand to Cambodia. Angkor Wat was originally built as a Hindu city, as were many Cambodian monuments. I was unaware that the Vietnamese cared that much, though they also have historical claim there. I would imagine this is about relations more than anything.
minus-squareABCDE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoSouthern Vietnam was also Cambodian, so this news is surprising. Someone annoyed the wrong person (probably Hun Sen).
He got fined for a simple mistake? Dang
It wasn’t a mistake. Cambodia takes that very seriously, as do the Thais.
Historically the area went back and forth from what would be considered modern day Thailand to Cambodia.
Angkor Wat was originally built as a Hindu city, as were many Cambodian monuments.
I was unaware that the Vietnamese cared that much, though they also have historical claim there.
I would imagine this is about relations more than anything.
Southern Vietnam was also Cambodian, so this news is surprising. Someone annoyed the wrong person (probably Hun Sen).