Often the real source of border problems was ordinary criminals or local merchants involved in illegal mining, logging, smuggling, and narcotics production and trade. ===Cambodia=== Cambodia's disputes with Thailand after 1951 arose in part from ill-defined boundaries and changes in France's colonial fortunes.
In 1961 they covered 56% of the country, but by the mid-1980s forestland had been reduced to less than 30% of Thailand's total area. ===Northeastern Thailand=== The northeast, with its poor soils, also is not favoured agriculturally.
Recently, the most notable case has been a dispute over Prasat Preah Vihear submitted to the International Court of Justice, which ruled in favor of Cambodia in 1962.
During the years that the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, was controlled by the Khmer Rouge regime of Pol Pot (1975 to 1979), the border disputes continued. ===Laos=== Demarcation is complete except for certain Mekong islets.
Forests, including stands of teak and other economically useful hardwoods that once dominated the north and parts of the northeast, had diminished by the 1980s to 130,000 km2.
The standing agreement, negotiated in February 1982, left undetermined the status of Ginga Island (Ko Lam), Ko Kham, and Ko Ki Nok at the mouth of the Kraburi River (Pakchan River).
Subsequent negotiations in 1985, 1989, and 1990 made no progress.
The fertile area was able to sustain a dense population, 422 people per square kilometre in 1987, compared with an average of 98 for the country as a whole.
Subsequent negotiations in 1985, 1989, and 1990 made no progress.
Subsequent negotiations in 1985, 1989, and 1990 made no progress.
Ongoing tensions in the area resulted in minor clashes in 1998, 2003, and 2013. ==See also== Isan List of islands of Thailand List of mountains in Thailand Atlas of Thailand ==References== ==External links== Atlas of Thailand Thailand Weather থাইল্যান্ড#ভূগোল
Ongoing tensions in the area resulted in minor clashes in 1998, 2003, and 2013. ==See also== Isan List of islands of Thailand List of mountains in Thailand Atlas of Thailand ==References== ==External links== Atlas of Thailand Thailand Weather থাইল্যান্ড#ভূগোল
A one kilometre segment at the mouth of the Kolok River remained in dispute with Malaysia as of 2004. ===Myanmar=== Sovereignty over three Andaman Sea islands remains disputed.
Ongoing tensions in the area resulted in minor clashes in 1998, 2003, and 2013. ==See also== Isan List of islands of Thailand List of mountains in Thailand Atlas of Thailand ==References== ==External links== Atlas of Thailand Thailand Weather থাইল্যান্ড#ভূগোল
Droughts appear to be worsening: the drought of 2020 is expected to be the worst in four decades, according to the Thai Meteorological Department.
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