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| A Cambodian soldier stands guard at the Preah Vhear temple in Preah Vihear province. [AFP] |
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) says Cambodia has filed an application over a border dispute with Thailand.
It's asked the court to order the Thai military to withdraw from the area.
The fighting between Thailand and Cambodia has become Southeast-Asia's bloodiest border dispute in years.
The latest outburst caused several deaths and forced more than 50,000 people on both sides of the border to seek safety in evacuation centres.
The ICJ, based in the Hague, Netherlands, ruled on the dispute nearly 50 years ago, in 1962.
It awarded the Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia, but both countries lay claim to a patch of land around it.
It's asked the court to order the Thai military to withdraw from the area.
The fighting between Thailand and Cambodia has become Southeast-Asia's bloodiest border dispute in years.
The latest outburst caused several deaths and forced more than 50,000 people on both sides of the border to seek safety in evacuation centres.
The ICJ, based in the Hague, Netherlands, ruled on the dispute nearly 50 years ago, in 1962.
It awarded the Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia, but both countries lay claim to a patch of land around it.
ABC Radio Australia
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