Silence falls over O’Smach a year after border clashes

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One year after violent clashes at the Cambodia-Thailand border, O’Smach International Border Checkpoint remains quiet with shuttered markets and idle casinos. The area has seen a severe decline in cross-border trade and commerce due to ongoing tensions from the previous conflict.

A year after fighting erupted along the Cambodia-Thailand border, the once-thriving O’Smach International Border Checkpoint has fallen eerily silent, with hundreds of market stalls shuttered, casinos standing idle and cross-border commerce reduced to a distant memory. Silence falls over O’Smach a year after border clashes appeared first on Khmer Times.