Thailand and Cambodia still fighting
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Suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has visited an evacuation centre in Surin province amid escalating tension along the border with Cambodia , where she was admonished by an evacuee who blasted the government's indifference and slow reaction.
Ex Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said that the conflict between Thailand and Cambodia was not caused by a feud between his family and Hun Sen
A personal feud between two of Southeast Asia’s political titans is inflaming the worst violence on the border in more than a decade.
June, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who was then-prime minister of Thailand, made a call to Cambodia’s de facto leader, Hun Sen, to address a recent escalation along the border between the two countries that had left a Cambodian soldier dead.
BANGKOK -- Armed clashes have broken out between Thailand and Cambodia in long-disputed border areas, rapidly escalating months-long tensions.
There has been a dramatic escalation in a long-running border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia. On July 23, five Thai soldiers from a border patrol unit in Ubon Ratchathani province were seriously injured after stepping on a land mine – a second
The two nations have been locked in a decades-long conflict over their contested border. Tensions in disputed territories soured earlier this year.
Sen has also been a key player in the recent hostilities, with some analysts describing him as the driving force behind the conflict.
A personal feud between two of Southeast Asia’s political titans is inflaming the worst violence on the Thailand-Cambodia border in more than a decade.
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Thai army calls Hun Sen a war criminal, denies Preah Vihear temple claims
The Royal Thai Army has strongly condemned systematic attacks on Thai civilian targets by Cambodian forces, whilst dismissing claims that Thai troops have seized the disputed Preah Vihear temple as "fake news".
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