Four Thai soldiers were killed and eight others wounded, one of them seriously, in a five-hour clash with Cambodian soldiers on the border in Phanom Dong Rak district of Surin province on Friday morning, deputy army spokeswoman Sirichan Ngathong said.

Col Sirichan said the fighting began about 6.30am on the border between the Ta Kwai and Ta Muen Thom temple ruins in Phanom Dong Rak.

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