- Thailand named German jurist Rüdiger Wolfrum and South African maritime expert Albert Hoffman as conciliators after Cambodia launched a U.N. (UNCLOS) conciliation over their maritime dispute.
- The disagreement covers about 26,000 sq km in the Gulf of Thailand — an area estimated to hold roughly $300 billion in oil and gas.
- Relations remain tense after deadly 2023 border clashes, but a December ceasefire still holds as the conciliation process begins.
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