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Thailand, Cambodia to deploy ceasefire monitors despite deadlock over captured soldiers

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Thailand, Cambodia to deploy ceasefire monitors despite deadlock over captured soldiers

Thai delegates, left, led by Deputy Defense Minister Natthaphon Narkphanit and Cambodian delegates, right, led by Defense Minister General Tea Seiha attend a meeting of the Extraordinary General Border Committee (GBC), hosted by Malaysian Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, to discuss their border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Aug. 7, … Read more

Nationalist agendas fuelled the border fight between Thailand and Cambodia

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Nationalist agendas fuelled the border fight between Thailand and Cambodia

On the morning of July 24, Thai and Cambodian troops clashed at multiple locations along their 800-km border. Following five days of fighting that resulted in 43 deaths (including civilians) and the displacement of more than 300,000 people, both sides arrived at a ceasefire that took effect on July 29. Mediated by ASEAN chair Malaysia, … Read more