Southeast Asian foreign ministers gathered Monday in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur for a special meeting to discuss an ongoing border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia that escalated into deadly combat two weeks ago.

Cambodian troops have been wounded and 13 killed in one province alone since the outbreak of fighting on December 7.

Cambodia said on Wednesday that the Thai military used fighter jets to drop cluster bombs in Banteay Meanchey province.

Thai warplanes have bombed compounds where people are forced to defraud others online. Rights activists say trafficking victims’ lives are at risk.

As the conflict between Thailand and Cambodia drags on, a Cambodian official has accused Bangkok of destroying a statue of Lord Vishnu in a disputed border area.

Laborers being held against their will to run online scams were forced to keep working even as Thai military attacks on a disputed border area intensified.

Western strategic dissonance, U.N. cowardice, a gutted civil society, and cynical Thai aggression are providing cover for a weakened Hun Sen.

Footage showing Thai military personnel dismantling a Hindu deity statue in a disputed border zone has sparked outrage in Cambodia and renewed concerns over rising tensions between the two Southeast Asian neighbours.