Widespread problems within the Cambodian university system are forcing more students to study abroad, The Phnom Penh Post reports. Students interviewed complained of low standards, poor facilities ...

The two nations have been locked in a decades-long conflict over their contested border. Tensions in disputed territories soured earlier this year.

Cambodia called for a ceasefire with Thailand, AFP reported on Friday, citing Chhea Keo, the country's ambassador to the United Nations.

THAILAND AND Cambodia have mostly kept heavy weapons out of their long-simmering border disputes. So the sudden violence on the morning of July 24th came as a shock. Cambodian artillery shelled a Thai military base;