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  2. Cambodia–Thailand border - Wikipedia

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    The disputed Preah Vihear temple The border crossing at Poipet. The boundary area has historically switched back and forth between various Khmer and Thai empires. [2] From the 1860s France began establishing a presence in the region, initially in modern Cambodia and Vietnam, and later Laos, with the colony of French Indochina being created in 1887.

  3. Cambodian–Thai border dispute - Wikipedia

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    The Cambodian–Thai border dispute began in June 2008 as part of a century-long dispute between Cambodia and the Thailand involving the area surrounding the 11th-century Preah Vihear Temple, in the Dângrêk Mountains between Choam Khsant District, Preah Vihear Province of northern Cambodia and the Kantharalak District, Sisaket Province of northeastern Thailand.

  4. Cambodia–Thailand relations - Wikipedia

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    Bilateral relations between Cambodia and Thailand date to the 13th century during the Angkor Era. The Thai Ayutthaya Kingdom gradually displaced the declining Khmer Empire from the 14th century, French protectorateship separated Cambodia from modern Thailand at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries, and diplomatic relations between the modern states were established on 19 December 1950.

  5. Vietnamese border raids in Thailand - Wikipedia

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    After the 1978 Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia and subsequent collapse of Democratic Kampuchea in 1979, the Khmer Rouge fled to the border regions of Thailand, and, with assistance from China, Pol Pot's troops managed to regroup and reorganize in forested and mountainous zones on the Thai-Cambodian border.

  6. United Nations Border Relief Operation - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Border Relief Operation (UNBRO) was a donor-nation funded relief effort for Cambodian refugees and others affected by years of warfare along the Thai-Cambodian border. It functioned from 1982 until 2001.

  7. Khao-I-Dang - Wikipedia

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    In eastern Thailand, a few miles from the Cambodian border, a compound of bamboo and thatch houses was opened on 21 November 1979 after the fall of the Khmer Rouge. [1] Following the establishment of an emergency camp for refugees at Sa Kaeo , the Thai Ministry of the Interior authorized Mark Malloch Brown of the UNHCR to build a second camp at ...

  8. K5 Plan - Wikipedia

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    Border camps hostile to the PRK; 1979-1984. After the defeat of Democratic Kampuchea in 1979, the Khmer Rouge fled Cambodia quickly. Protected by the Thai state, and with powerful foreign connections, Pol Pot's virtually intact militia of about 30,000 to 35,000 troops regrouped and reorganized in forested and mountainous zones behind the Thai-Cambodian border.

  9. Pong Nam Ron district - Wikipedia

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    There are two border crossings into Cambodia in Pong Nam Ron: Ban Phakkat (Thai: บ้านผักกาด) in Klong Yai sub-district. On the Cambodian side of the border is Phsar Prum in Sala Krau district, Pailin province. Ban Laem (Thai: บ้านแหลม) in Thep Nimit sub-district.