Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Cambodia yakawana kuzvitonga muna 1953, uye nyika mbiri idzi dzanga dziine ukama husina kugadzikana kubvira ipapo. Kurwisana kwakavapo mukupera kwema1950 pamusoro pekuva muridzi weTemberi yePreah Vihear, iyo iri pedyo nemuganhu mumakomo eDângrêk. Muna 1962 nyaya yacho yakatumirwa kuInternational Court of Justice, iyo yakatonga ichitsigira Cambodia, zvisinei Thailand yakaratidza kusava nechokwadi pamusoro pemhedzisiro yacho. Pakati pema1960 pakangawo negakava pamusoro pokuva muridzi wechitsuwa cheKo Kut. Nharo idzi dzakapera sezvo Cambodia yakanyura munhevedzano yehondo mumakumi emakore akatevera uye kutonga kunoparadza kweKhmer Rouge, nezviuru zvevapoteri zvaiyambuka muganhu. Pakazosvika 1981, vapoteri vokuCambodia nevokuVietnam vanopfuura 250 000 vaigara mumisasa makumi maviri pamuganhu, vachitsigirwa nemasangano okuyamura enyika dzakawanda uye United Nations Border Relief Operation. Kurwisana kunongoerekana kwaitika kwakatanga pamuganhu pashure pokupinda kweVietnam
yeCambodia muna 1979, ichipfuurira mumakore ose e1980 kusvikira Vietnam yasiya nyika muna 1989. Munhamburiko yokumisa kupinda kwavaKhmer Rouge vachibva kuThailand, Cambodia yakavaka rusvingo rukuru rwakasimba pamuganhu muhafu yechipiri yama1980. Kubvira pakuuya kworugare muCambodia mukutanga kwema1990, ukama neThailand hwakakanganiswazve pamusoro penyaya yePreah Vihear, uyewo, kusvika pamwero muduku, chitsuwa cheKo Kut. Boka remiganhu rakagadzwa muna 1995 mukuedza kugadzirisa nyaya idzi nenzira yorugare, zvisinei harina kubudirira zvikuru uye muganhu wakakwana unogutsa kumativi ose maviri unoramba uripo.