Across Asia: Thailand

Bid to ease temple row

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is sending his right-hand man to Cambodia in a bid to calm rising tensions over an ancient temple claimed by both countries on their disputed border.

The Saturday visit by Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Taugsuban will follow Thailand's latest challenge of a UN decision to make the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple a world heritage site under the sole jurisdiction of Cambodia.