Thailand has mobilised gunboats to patrol its province bordering Cambodia as conflict between the two nations enters the third day, with death toll climbing to 33 and tens of thousands seeking refuge.

People on both sides of the border are working around the destruction to create a safe space or find normality.

The leaders of Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to meet to negotiate a ceasefire, according to a social media post by United States President Donald Trump on Saturday.

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

Ex Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said that the conflict between Thailand and Cambodia was not caused by a feud between his family and Hun Sen

The neighbours are locked in a bitter spat over an area known as the Emerald Triangle. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

South Korea on Sunday raised the travel alert for border regions in Cambodia and Thailand, the second adjustment of travel warning in three days, as the tensions from the two countries' armed conflict are escalating.