Long-festering tensions over border territory have escalated into armed conflict between Cambodia and Thailand, leading to dozens of deaths on both sides and displacing tens of thousands of people.

The tank screeches as it rolls into the ad-hoc military base before four battle-weary soldiers jump out to re-inspect the hefty vehicle.

Thailand, bound to America by a treaty from 1954, appears so far to have the upper hand against Cambodia after air strikes by American-made F16 fighters. Undaunted, however, the Cambodians, armed with Chinese-made rifles,

Evacuation centers in Thailand near the Cambodian border continue to house masses of civilians who have fled the armed conflict.

The two nations have been locked in a decades-long conflict over their contested border. Tensions in disputed territories soured earlier this year.

I am calling the Acting Prime Minister of Thailand, right now, to likewise request a Ceasefire, and END to the War, which is currently raging,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday The US is currently engaged in trade negotiations with both nations,

The neighbours are locked in a bitter spat over an area known as the Emerald Triangle. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

South Korea on Sunday raised the travel alert for border regions in Cambodia and Thailand, the second adjustment of travel warning in three days, as the tensions from the two countries' armed conflict are escalating.