Thailand expels Cambodian envoy after soldier loses leg in border landmine blast
Bangkok also recalled its own ambassador, and accuses its neighbour of laying new mines amid a festering border dispute
A long-running territorial row in an area known as the Emerald Triangle, where the borders of both countries and Laos meet, boiled over into military clashes in May that left one Cambodian soldier dead.
Since then, the two sides have traded barbs and tit-for-tat retaliatory measures, with Thailand restricting border crossings and Cambodia halting certain imports.
Five members of a Thai military patrol were wounded by the landmine on Wednesday afternoon in the Nam Yuen district of northeastern Ubon Ratchathani province, the Thai army said.
In response, the government agreed to an army proposal to close a number of border checkpoints, he said in a statement to journalists.
