Cambodia seeks International help over temple stand-off

Cambodia is seeking regional intervention in its territorial dispute with Thailand after talks between the two neighbours failed to end a military stand-off around an ancient cliff-side temple.

Cambodian foreign minister Hor Namhong asked Singapore, chairing the Association of South-east Asian Nations, to form a regional “inter-ministerial group ... to help find a peaceful solution to the current crisis and avoid military confrontation between the two ASEAN members.”