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The Thai military fires artillery towards Cambodia on Friday.

Thailand and Cambodia sign truce to halt brutal border war

The deal will halt the worst fighting in years between the South-East Asian countries, which has included fighter jets sorties, rockets fired and artillery barrages.

  • Panu Wongcha-um

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Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (left), Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and US President Donald Trump pose for photos following the signing of a Cambodia-Thailand peace deal in Kuala Lumpur on October 26.

Fresh airstrikes shatter Asian ceasefire Trump claimed as a victory

Six weeks ago, a smiling US president was celebrating the ceasefire he had brokered. Now Thailand has once more deployed fighter jets against its neighbour.

  • Zach Hope
US President Donald Trump (right) with Cambodian leader Hun Manet (shaking hands) and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul in Kuala Lumpur.

Trump’s peace deal between Cambodia and Thailand is falling apart

Cambodia has accused Thailand of killing a civilian and injuring three others in fresh fighting. Thailand says Cambodia shot first.

  • Zach Hope
Hong Srey Rith holds her eight-day-old baby, Lin Kakada, in their shelter at the Batthkav primary school. Srey Rith went into labour as she fled her home.

In Cambodia’s refugee camps, fear lingers as uneasy peace holds

Waist-high in the acrid reservoir at the edge of the camp, a boy of about 10 crab walks along the line of a fishing net, hauling each section to eye level. He catches only plastic bags and bottles.

  • Zach Hope, Kate Geraghty and Nara Lon
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (centre) watches on as Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet left and Thailand’s acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai shake hands.

Cambodia and Thailand agree to ceasefire after days of deadly clashes

But within hours of the truce coming into effect at midnight on Monday, the neighbours were disputing whether it was holding. 

  • Zach Hope
Trump lands in Scotland.

Trump uses trade threat to push for peace in call with leaders of Cambodia and Thailand

The US President has weighed into the latest international conflict, as a border dispute threatens to escalate into all-out war.

  • Zach Hope
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Cambodia fires missiles into Thailand

Travel warning for Thailand and Cambodia after gunfire and rockets leave at least 16 dead

Cambodia has accused Thailand of damaging a World Heritage-listed temple and dropping illegal bombs in the most serious armed conflict between the two nations in more than a decade.

  • Zach Hope and Nara Lon
Cambodian Senate president Hun Sen, centre, and his son and prime minister Hun Manet in January.

From weed parlours to citizenship, the unexpected fallout from a jungle border bust-up

Border tensions have spilled into the back streets and upper echelons of Thai and Cambodian society. And this chain reaction of patriotism, intrigue and self-interest is not spent yet.

  • Zach Hope
Suon Roun’s mother, Em Heap, and brother Suon Eung inside their home at Kampenh village in Cambodia.

How a gunshot at dawn broke a mother’s heart, and left a prime minister fighting for her job

By first light on May 28, the soldiers had already stirred from their remote jungle beds. Some were making coffee. Others were pulling on uniforms. What happened next depends on who you talk to.

  • Zach Hope
The Preah Vihear temple complex in northern Cambodia.

Only 14 years ago, this magnificent temple was a place of death. Tensions are high again

It is so tranquil in the grounds of this sacred place that it is hard to imagine it any other way. But then a policeman points to the spot where his brother-in-law was blown up by a rocket.

  • Zach Hope