Thailand, Cambodia exchange heavy artillery fire as fighting rages for second day

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Thailand and Cambodia exchanged heavy artillery fire on Friday (July 25) as their worst fighting in more than a decade stretched for a second day, despite calls from the region and beyond for an immediate ceasefire to the conflict that has killed at least 16 people.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/rmyknpfz  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Thailand's military on Friday fired artillery from Surin province towards Cambodia as the

00:08tension at their border escalated for a second day in their worst fighting in a decade.

00:13Thai military drone strikes also destroyed a Cambodian arms depot in a heightening crisis

00:19that has killed at least 16 people.

00:22Artillery shelling from Cambodia also damaged buildings in Surin, prompting the evacuation

00:27of Phanam Dongrak Hospital.

00:29She said 100,000 people had been evacuated from conflict areas on the Thai side with acting

00:36Prime Minister Phum Tham Wai Chai Chai, warning the conflict could lead to war.

00:41I don't want to have a good fight.

00:46I want to have a good fight.

00:51I want to have a good fight.

00:56What is a good fight for him?

00:58I don't want to have a good fight.

00:59I can't go away from the hospital.

01:03I can't forget it.

01:05I want to have a good fight.

01:07If the person is embroiled in a long time, his life is the same as he is.

01:11People who are caught on that, he is the same as he has the same but we don't know how to

01:15help.

01:16Of the death toll in Thailand, 14 of them are civilians, while Cambodia has yet to report

01:25any casualties or evacuations. Experts said the conflict might not be able to be resolved

01:30in a short period of time.

01:46The boundary between two countries is kind of like the things that we need in spare time

01:51to discuss about this issue, especially we have to maybe a little bit move back to the

01:57JBC under the MOU 2000, which is the MOU that both Thailand and Cambodia agree and give

02:06the consent to that MOU.

02:07I have to say that ASEAN might not have its role much regarding the health-dividing force

02:14or binding decisions towards the dispute between two countries, but at least they can ask both

02:20countries to come to negotiate with each other.

02:23So that would be kind of like the thing that might postpone the situation to not be even

02:29worse in the current situation.

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