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Fenced Off: Thailand Builds Border Wall After Cambodia Clashes

The first 8.4-kilometre stage is meant to deter smuggling and strengthen security after deadly clashes and a ceasefire dispute, officials said.

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It is the first stage of an 8.4-kilometre (5.2-mile) wall being installed by the Thai military in the east of the country, following last year's deadly clashes with its Southeast Asian neighbour. Standing 3.6 metres (11.8 feet) high and comprising reinforced concrete, a mesh of galvanised steel and rolls of barbed wire, the barrier runs through farmland in Chanthaburi province. "We built the fence to prevent illegal activities," notably the smug…

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The Thai authorities began construction of a concrete wall with barbed wire one kilometre long along their border with Cambodia. According to a statement, on Saturday, the Thai authorities explained that this part of the wall represented the first stage of an 8.4 km wall (5.2 miles) built by the Thai army in the east of the country, following the bloody clashes of the year...

Thailand is constructing a 3.6-meter-high concrete fence along its border with Cambodia, amid continued tensions between the two neighbors following last year's clashes.

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An eight-kilometre-long structure rises along the border between Bangkok and Phnom Penh, to tarnish the traffic. In the villages crossed... Read more A wall of concrete and barbed wire to lock the border between Thailand and Cambodia appeared first on Le Singulier.

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Courthouse News Service broke the news in Pasadena, United States on Friday, September 11, 2026.
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