Armed military clashes between Thailand and Cambodia over a 117-year-old territorial dispute have left at least 20 dead in Thailand and more than 130,000 displaced as of Friday morning, Thai acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai reportedly said.
The neighboring Asian nations have maintained a territorial dispute since 1907, when Cambodia was under French colonial rule. Thailand has historically maintained that the current borders, first drawn at that time, are inaccurate, while Cambodia has defended the legitimacy of the drawn border lines to claim the contested territory. After eight decades under French rule, Cambodia obtained its…
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