More than half a million people in the country have been displaced from their homes by two weeks of deadly border clashes with neighbouring Thailand, Phnom Penh’s interior ministry said. The renewed fighting between the South-East Asian neighbours this month, including with tanks, drones and artillery, has killed at least 22 people in Thailand and 19 in Cambodia, according to officials. Around 400,000 people have been displaced in Thailand due to the reignited border conflict, Bangkok has said. Foreign ministers of Asean nations, including Cambodia and Thailand, are set to meet today in Kuala Lumpur for talks aimed at finding a diplomatic solution. China sent its special envoy for Asian affairs to Cambodia and Thailand last week, with Beijing aiming to “rebuild peace”.
