The Villagers Who Waded Across a River to Tell Us Their Story

The villagers who waded across a river to tell us their story

When the Myanmar war reached their doorstep earlier this year, the residents of Pu Lu Palaw made for the river, where Thai soldiers helped them cross. But then they had to go back.

Thai troops open border to save Cambodian patient

Thai marines opened a border checkpoint in Chanthaburi province on Friday night to allow the emergency medical transfer of a critically ill Cambodian woman suffering from sepsis.

Compassion amid border tensions: Thai border opens to aid sick Cambodian woman

The Ban Pakkad border checkpoint in Chanthaburi’s Pong Nam Ron district opened last night to allow a Cambodian woman suffering from a blood infection to be transported to Bangkok Hospital Chanthaburi for treatment.