Why Cambodia and Thailand are fighting
More than half a million people have been forced to leave their homes.
More than half a million people have been forced to leave their homes in Cambodia and Thailand. This follows rising conflict over the two countries鈥� shared border. Now, this is not a new dispute. In fact it鈥檚 been going on for decades. But this year things have gotten worse. A ceasefire was negotiated by US president Donald Trump in October. But it hasn鈥檛 held. Trump now says he will 鈥榤ake a phone call鈥� to stop the fighting.
麻豆社 reporter Panisa Aemocha, in Bangkok, chats us through the humanitarian needs of hundreds of thousands of evacuees. We also from the 麻豆社鈥檚 South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head who鈥檚 at an evacuation centre, and from two young people who have fled their houses.
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Presenter: Hannah Gelbart
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