00:00patrolling the streets of a ghost town farmer suryan country has grown used to
00:06the constant rumble of heavy artillery along the thai-cambodian border his village was
00:12evacuated earlier this week leaving him and a few other men behind we check whether the
00:19village is secure that's the responsibility of the village security force we patrol the area
00:24to make sure there are no thieves all valuables are still inside the houses the men here have
00:32little hope the fighting will end soon a white flag from cambodia circulating on social media
00:38turns out to be fake just one of many misleading posts suddenly ambulances rush past we follow
00:45them to a hospital in uban ratchitani where we are told the injured are victims of a rocket
00:51fired from cambodia
00:56both sides accuse each other of deliberately targeting civilians these images were sent to
01:02me by the cambodian information ministry showing destroyed homes temples bridges
01:10and casinos hundreds of thousands of people have fled on both sides of the border
01:17in this thai shelter evacuees closely follow news from home one heisewan fled with her entire family
01:25almost a week ago the 47 year old is shocked by news that fresh elections will take place she hopes
01:32the next prime minister won't simply hand power back to the military once the new leader is in charge
01:40don't let this happen again don't let there be war again i don't want cambodia and thailand to fight
01:45i want this to end now so we can go home work and stay in our houses
01:53back in the village behind the front lines surian country is nearing the end of his shift
01:58he claims cambodians have been settling on thailand for many years
02:08thai people value peace but we don't accept being humiliated i want this issue resolved quickly
02:13if something belongs to cambodia let it stay that way what belongs to us should remain ours there's no
02:19need to interfere with each other each side should respect what belongs to whom
02:23that goes to the heart of this conflict the last peace deal failed to settle this core issue
02:35many here now fear it could take years to resolve the dispute
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