Thailand And Cambodia's Deadly Border Dispute
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Thailand and Cambodia have long been at odds over their 800-kilometre border. Now, tensions have escalated after clashes at the border left nearly a dozen Thai soldiers dead and one civilian injured.
On Thursday, the Thailand-Cambodia war took a dramatic turn as both sides exchanged heavy fire near the border provinces of Surin and Oddar Meanchey.
They are the two most populous countries in the world and neighbors clamoring for more tourists, but for much of the last five years it has been difficult for Indian and Chinese nationals to vacation in each other’s nations.
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Thailand's military deployed an F-16 fighter jet against Cambodia's armed forces on Thursday, the Thai army said, as weeks of tension over a border dispute escalated into clashes that have killed at least two civilians.