Cambodia and Thailand will meet in Malaysia later Monday for peace talks after days of deadly clashes on their disputed border have sent civilians scrambling for safety and relations between the two neighbors cratering.

Tensions along Cambodia's northern border with Thailand have been simmering since May, when a Cambodian soldier was killed in a clash with Thai forces.

Of course, trouble at the 508-mile (817 km) shared border is nothing new. For over a century, Thailand and Cambodia have contested sovereignty at various undemarcated points in the thick jungle punctuated with culturally-significant temples albeit with scant strategic or economic value.