Overview
- Hostilities that flared over the weekend continued Monday along the border, with Thai forces conducting air strikes and scrambling F-16 fighter jets, according to media reports.
- Cambodia’s information minister said at least four civilians were killed and about nine injured in Oddar Meanchey and Preah Vihear, with authorities reporting evacuations of 1,157 families and widespread displacement.
- Thailand’s military reported one soldier killed and four wounded in the clashes, while officials ordered residents in four Thai border provinces to move to shelters on December 7.
- Cambodia’s Defense Ministry formally denied reports it moved heavy weapons toward the frontier, calling the claims “absolutely false.”
- Phnom Penh notified ASEAN observers and requested a full inquiry, as Thai and Cambodian media offered conflicting accounts of who initiated the latest exchange of fire.