Overview
- Hun Manet permanently closed the Choub Korki and Choam checkpoints after the Thai army unilaterally shut Chong Sai Taku without prior notice
- From midnight on June 22, Cambodia stopped all fuel and gas imports from Thailand, which previously supplied about 30 percent of its energy needs
- Thailand’s government announced measures targeting Cambodia-based cybercrime, including barring casino visitors and cutting internet access for Cambodian military networks
- A leaked phone call between PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra and former Cambodian leader Hun Sen prompted the Bhumjaithai Party’s exit from the coalition and a cabinet reshuffle this week
- Rooted in colonial-era French boundary maps along an 817 km frontier, the dispute has stalled bilateral trade and prompted calls for resolution by the International Court of Justice