Border confusion as Thailand shuts land crossings with Cambodia

Tourists wait to cross the closed Poipet International border checkpoint between Cambodia and Thailand, at Poipet town in Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province on Jun 24, 2025.- Photo: AFP

ARANYAPRATHET, (Thailand): Dozens of tourists and workers, some carrying children, were left stranded on Tuesday (June 24) at Thailand's main land crossing with Cambodia, after the army stopped almost all border traffic in an escalating territorial dispute.

Thailand has closed crossing points in all seven border provinces to everyone except students and those seeking medical treatment, after a long-running row erupted into military clashes last month in which a Cambodian soldier was killed.