Thailand and Cambodia have reopened their checkpoints but the troubled neighbours remain cautious as they try to mend fences after the riots in Phnom Penh nearly two months ago Back in business at the border.

(From South China Morning Post)

Byline: Kevin Doyle in Phnom Penh

Hundreds of Cambodians are flooding across the Thai border since the frontier was reopened, following talks between Thailand and Cambodia to rebuild diplomatic ties shattered by the outbreak of anti-Thai riots in Phnom Penh in January.

The border reopening last Friday is a sizeable step towards normalising full relations between the two neighbours that remain severely strained since the events on January 29, when mobs of Cambodian youths torched the Thai embassy and more than 12 Thai-owned businesses in Phnom Penh.

Millions of dollars in cross-border trade has been lost and thousands of poor Cambodians have been hit by …