Overview

• Fighting broke out early Thursday when Thai and Cambodian troops exchanged gunfire at the Ta Muen Thom/Tamone Thom site with both sides accusing the other of opening fire
• The Thai government reported one civilian fatality along with multiple civilian injuries and seven soldiers wounded in the skirmish
• Bangkok ordered a full closure of the Cambodia frontier and urged all Thai citizens in Cambodia to evacuate immediately
• China’s embassy in Phnom Penh issued a security advisory warning its nationals to steer clear of border regions amid the escalating hostilities
• The incident marks the latest flare-up in a long-standing colonial-era boundary dispute that has periodically erupted into deadly clashes and diplomatic retaliation