Thailand has threatened a boycott of the upcoming 2023 Southeast Asian Games after Cambodia announced that the games will use the name "Kun Khmer" instead of "Muay Thai." Vath Chamroeun, ...

Thailand will boycott a kickboxing event at the upcoming Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia, officials confirmed Tuesday, in a bitter row with the hosts over what to call the sport: Muay Thai or Kun ...

The legendary kun Khmer master Keo Rumchong will square up against Thai fighter Kwanchai Petchniroth in Phnom Penh this Saturday in a face-off between kun Khmer and muay Thai. Kun Khmer, also known as ...

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has called for an end to the "pointless" bickering over whether traditional boxing should be called Muay Thai or Kun Khmer, the term used by Cambodians hosting the ...

A row over the name of the kickboxing competition at this year's Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Cambodia has erupted after Thailand announced they were boycotting the sport there because local ...

PHNOM PENH, Jan 23 (PHnom Penh Post/ANN): Cambodia has taken the position that it will use the term "Kun Khmer" to refer to the sport of kickboxing at the upcoming South-East Asian (SEA) Games, and ...

Thai officials are angry at plans by Cambodia to refer to the event -- which they regard as their national sport -- on the official programme as Kun Khmer instead of Muay Thai AFP Thailand will ...

Kun Khmer and Muay Thai are set to share the same ring on Sunday in an electric clash of kickboxing styles as Cambodian fighters face off against their Thai counterparts at the SEA TV Arena in Sen Sok ...

Muay Thai superstar Sombat “Buakaw” Banchamek has clarified that he is descended from the Kuy indigenous ethnic group but has Thai nationality, after Cambodian boxing fans had claimed he is of ...

One of the leading practitioners of Cambodia’s national striking art of Kun Khmer is set to showcase his abilities in ONE Super Series. Soy Thy’s Kun Khmer record reads at a staggering 221-36-12, and ...

The International Federation for Kun Khmer (KKIF), the Cambodian combat sport, is working with its National Olympic Committee (NOCC) to seek International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognition. A total ...

Thailand and Cambodia are at loggerheads over whether the inspiration for modern kickboxing should be called Muay Thai or Kun Khmer. As the name suggests, Muay Thai is the national sport of Thailand.