US EditionThailand and Cambodia Shut Land Crossings and Suspend Fuel Trade Amid Escalating Border Dispute
- On June 23, Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will lead a top-level discussion focused on combating cross-border crime and enhancing national security along the country's borders.
- This meeting follows escalating tensions with Cambodia after a deadly border clash in May and Cambodia's June 22 decision to stop fuel imports from Thailand.
- Thailand plans to intensify crackdowns on cybercrime linked to scam operations in Cambodia by blocking casino tourists, tightening border screening, and coordinating internationally.
- Conservative senators have filed a petition with the Constitutional Court seeking to remove Paetongtarn over her involvement in a leaked phone conversation with Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen.
- Political instability deepens as a coalition partner quit last week and nationalist groups plan a June 28 rally demanding Paetongtarn's resignation amid ongoing border disputes.
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Border confusion as Thailand shuts land crossings with Cambodia
Dozens of tourists and workers, some carrying children, were left stranded on Tuesday at Thailand's main land crossing with Cambodia, after the army stopped almost all border traffic in an escalating territorial dispute.
Colorado Springs Gazette
Thailand closes border crossings with Cambodia as dispute deepens
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's military has closed border crossings into Cambodia to almost all travellers, including tourists and traders, citing security concerns as tensions between the two Southeast Asian neighbours remain escalated over a simmering border dispute.
The two countries are again opposing on the route of their border after the death of a Khmer soldier at the end of May.
Deadly Emerald Triangle Feud In Leaked Confidential Call
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A deadly Emerald Triangle border feud between Thailand and Cambodia has worsened to include economic boycotts, frontier closures, disputed claims over Hindu temples north of Angkor Wat, and an embarrassing, trust-breaking leaked phone call between the two nations' leaders about Thailand's military.Also at stake is Thailand's political stability and survival of its fragile, rival-packed coalition government which is denying p…
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