Cambodia has started pulling back heavy weapons from the border conflict zone following the signing of a peace agreement between Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet in Kuala Lumpur.

South Korea has banned travel to parts of Cambodia in response to the killing of a Korean student whose death is linked to a scam centre gang, but rumours that Seoul had deployed troops are baseless.

Two Chinese warships have arrived on what China called a friendship and training visit to Cambodia, Beijing's closest ally in Southeast Asia, at a time of some diplomatic disquiet.

Thailand will begin the process of releasing the 18 Cambodian soldiers taken as prisoners of war, says Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.

The Cambodia-Thailand border conflict, which continues to simmer despite the ceasefire, is not a temporary dispute that is isolated between the two current governments and their militaries. Rather, it is substantially based on strong opposing views of history.

Cambodia's leader Hun Manet has accused Thailand of preventing more than 20 families from returning to their long-time homes on their disputed border - Copyright ...

As South Korea reeled from the killing of a student in Cambodia, an unrelated video of Cambodian workers protesting in Seoul resurfaced online. It spread widely among Thai users who mocked Cambodians for supposedly insisting their country was not to blame for the death linked to a scam centre gang.