Ceasefire Takes Hold at Thailand–Cambodia Border Under ASEAN Oversight

A 72-hour ASEAN monitoring window sets the conditions for a prisoner release, with border demarcation work slated to restart through joint mechanisms.

Overview

Fire paused at 12:00 local time on December 27 with both sides ordered to halt hostile actions and keep current positions along the contact line.
Thailand and Cambodia agreed not to reinforce troops or send additional equipment as ASEAN military observers verify compliance for 72 hours.
Thailand plans to release 18 captured Cambodian soldiers after the monitoring period if the truce holds, according to the announced terms.
Both governments reaffirmed earlier frameworks, moving to resume border survey and demarcation and to cooperate on humanitarian demining via joint bodies.
U.S. officials welcomed the ceasefire and urged full implementation as reports detail December’s escalation, with official tallies listing dozens of deaths and independent accounts citing more than 100 killed and over 500,000 displaced.