Thailand shuts Cambodian border over scams, intensifying border dispute

Bilateral relations between Cambodia and Thailand have soured to its worst point in years after a brief fire exchange in May between military troops of both nations in a contested border area, which left one Cambodian soldier dead.

It led to the ongoing back-and-forth and a reported rising sense of nationalism on both sides, which has seen Cambodia ban Thai media, including films and television, Thailand's Internet bandwidth cut and an import suspension of fruit, vegetable, gas and fuel.