At least 16 people have been killed and tens of thousands have been displaced as Thailand and Cambodia engage in the bloodiest fighting in over a decade, exchanging heavy artillery fire across their disputed border.
Following the death of a Cambodian soldier in a brief gunfight in May, tensions between the neighbors of Southeast Asia started to rise. Since then, they have steadily increased, leading to diplomatic disputes and, more recently, armed conflicts.
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Heavy artillery exchanges continued for a second consecutive day as clashes between the two nations began early Thursday at a disputed territory bordering a historic temple. The fighting then spread to other places along the disputed frontier.
