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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

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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
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
Survivors of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime share their stories of survival and building new lives in Australia.

Rebuilding lives in the shadow of Khmer Rouge terror

Fifty years after fleeing Cambodia, survivors of the brutal regime share their stories - and reflect on how they found a future in Australia.

  • Neary Ty
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
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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
Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrives at Government House for a cabinet meeting in Bangkok today.

Thai PM suspended over leaked phone call about border dispute

Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been suspended while a court considers whether she criticised a Thai general and showed undue deference to Cambodia’s de facto leader.

  • Zach Hope
Magawa the rat, wearing his gold medal for his services sniffing out landmines.

I despised rats, until I visited the country where they are heroes

Fear and loathing of rodents gives way to admiration and gastronomic appreciation.

  • Julia D'Orazio
Myanmar scam compounds

Caught in a $60b scam, these workers tried to flee but the soldiers were waiting

It starts with a fake job ad and a free plane ticket to Bangkok. But when you cross into Myanmar’s lawless borderlands, you realise what you’ve walked into.

  • Zach Hope and Kate Geraghty

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