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The leaders of Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to meet to negotiate a ceasefire, according to a social media post by United States President Donald Trump on Saturday.
Prior to a dramatic escalation of a long-running border row between Bangkok and Phnom Penh, footage showing the construction of a flood barrier in northern Thailand was shared in posts falsely claiming it depicted the kingdom's soldiers building a wall along its frontier with Cambodia.
The border crisis between Thailand and Cambodia has laid bare the illusory nature of Cambodia’s political transition. Far from fading into the background, Hun
Thailand and Cambodia exchanged heavy artillery fire for a second day on Friday as their worst fighting in over a decade intensified and spread to new areas.
Recent armed clashes between Cambodia and Thailand, the worst in over a decade, have spotlighted their military disparity. Thailand, with a $5.73 billion defence budget and 360,000 personnel, dwarfs Cambodia's $1.
Thailand launched airstrikes against Cambodian forces along their disputed border after troops exchanged fire in a dramatic eruption of tensions between the two Southeast Asian neighbors. The Thai embassy in Cambodia warned its citizens to leave the country as soon as it was safely possible to do so.
Cambodia and Thailand each said the other had launched artillery attacks across contested border areas early on Sunday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said the leaders of both countries had agreed to work on a ceasefire.