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Thailand and Cambodia: a tale of two armies

King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand inspects a guard of honor during a parade in Bangkok. Thai soldiers swear their oath of allegiance to the monarch rather than the government or the state. © AP DOMINIC FAULDER BANGKOK -- Following hastily convened talks in Malaysia on Monday led by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, this year's ASEAN chair, Cambodia and Thailand are managing a ceasefire to their latest cross-border conflict after officers from the two militaries met. Some violations have been reported but the truce is, for the most part, holding.