Australia Warns Against Travel as Thai-Cambodian Conflict Intensifies

Cambodia has been accused of firing rockets at a Thai village and hospital.
Australia Warns Against Travel as Thai-Cambodian Conflict Intensifies
Visitors rest at the top of the stairs at Wat Saket Buddhist temple in Bangkok on July 8, 2025. Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images
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Foreign Minister Penny Wong has expressed deep concern over intensifying clashes between Thai and Cambodian forces, warning Australians to avoid volatile border regions as violence escalates.

Fighting has erupted in a long-disputed border zone, leaving at least a dozen Thai nationals dead, most of them civilians, and prompting a full closure of Thailand’s border with Cambodia.