Thailand-Cambodia border clash live: Thailand urges nationals to leave Cambodia after troops trade fire
Date: 2025-07-24T04:07:30.000Z
Title: Two killed in Cambodian shelling, says Thai official
Content: At least two Thai civilians have been killed and two others injured by the shelling from the Cambodian side on Thursday, a Thai district official told Reuters.
Some 40,000 civilians from 86 villages in Thailand have also been evacuated to safer locations, the district chief of Kabcheing in Surin province, Sutthirot Charoenthanasak, told the news agency.
Update:
Date: 2025-07-24T04:00:26.000Z
Title: Thai embassy urges nationals to leave Cambodia over border clashes
Content: Agence France-Presse is reporting that Thailand's embassy has urged nationals to leave Cambodia over the border clashes.
It comes after Thailand recalled its ambassador to Cambodia on Wednesday and said it would expel Cambodia's envoy in Bangkok, after a second Thai soldier in the space of a week lost a limb to a landmine in the disputed area.
Update:
Date: 2025-07-24T03:58:35.000Z
Title: Opening summary
Content: Hello and welcome to our live coverage of clashes on the Thai-Cambodia border.
Thai and Cambodian soldiers have fired at each other in a contested border area on Thursday, after the nations downgraded their diplomatic relations in a rapidly escalating dispute.
It was not immediately clear if the clash was ongoing. A livestream video from Thailand's side showed people running from their homes and hiding in a concrete bunker Thursday morning as explosions sounded periodically.
The clash happened in an area where the ancient Prasat Ta Muen Thom temple stands along the border of Thailand's Surin province and Cambodia Oddar Meanchey province.
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