Gas-rich waters stir political trouble for Thailand: 5 things to know

Move to settle overlapping claims with Cambodia upsets anti-Thaksin conservatives

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An oil rig in the Gulf of Thailand: Moves by the Thai government to settle overlapping claims with Cambodia in the sea are threatening to cause a political crisis for Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra. (Photo by AFP/Jiji)

FRANCESCA REGALADO and APORNRATH PHOONPHONGPHIPHAT, Nikkei staff writers

BANGKOK -- The Thai and Cambodian governments have revived efforts to settle a half-century dispute over sovereignty of a 27,000-square-kilometer area in the Gulf of Thailand in a bid to reduce both countries' dependence on costly oil and gas imports.

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