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Places in News: Cambodia
Thailand-Cambodia Border Conflict
Context: The Thailand-Cambodia border conflict has escalated into the deadliest military clash between the two nations in over a decade, triggered by the killing of a Cambodian soldier during a brief skirmish in May 2025.
About Cambodia
- Official Name: Kingdom of Cambodia
- Capital: Phnom Penh
- Government: Constitutional monarchy
- Currency: Riels (KHR)
- Location: Southern part of the Indochina Peninsula, Southeast Asia.
- Bordered by Thailand (west and northwest), Laos (northeast), Vietnam (east and southeast), and the Gulf of Thailand (southwest).
- Major Rivers: Mekong River, Tonle Sap (Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake).
- Mountain Ranges: Dangrek Mountains, Krâvanh (Cardamom) Mountains, Dâmrei (Elephant) Mountains.
- Mount Aôral, Cambodia’s highest peak, rises to 1,813 meters in the southwest highlands.
- Natural resources: Oil and gas, timber, gemstones, iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential, arable land.
- Cambodia is a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
