BANGKOK: Thailand said on Tuesday (Dec 16) that Cambodia must be first to announce a truce to halt fighting between the two nations after more than a week of deadly clashes in a reignited border conf

BANGKOK (Dec 16): Thailand said Tuesday that Cambodia must be first to announce a truce to halt fighting between the two nations after more than a week of deadly clashes in a reignited border conflict. “As the aggressor onto Thai territory, Cambodia must announce the ceasefire first,” Thai foreign ministry spokeswoman Maratee Nalita Andamo toldRead More

Cambodia shut its border crossings with Thailand on Saturday, after Bangkok denied US President Donald Trump's claim that a truce had been agreed to end days of deadly fighting. Violence between the Southeast Asian neighbours, which stems from a long-running dispute over the colonial-era demarcation of their 800-kilometre (500-mile) border, has displaced around half a million people on both sides.

Border clashes between Cambodia and Thailand stretched into a second week on Sunday after Bangkok denied US President Donald Trump’s claim that a ceasefire had been brokered. The death toll has reached…

Thailand’s leader vowed on Saturday to continue fighting along the disputed border with Cambodia, as fighter jets struck targets just hours after US President Donald Trump said he had brokered a new ceasefire. The escalation follows Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s decision to dissolve parliament on Thursday in an attempt to break a political deadlock among parties.