Overview
- Thailand restricted fuel shipments through the Chong Mek crossing into Laos and is weighing controls on Thai-flagged vessels near Cambodian waters, citing intelligence that supplies were reaching Cambodian forces.
- Cambodia says Thai F-16s dropped bombs near displacement camps in Oddar Meanchey and struck a bridge in Siem Reap’s Srei Snam district more than 70 kilometers from the border, with no immediate comment from Bangkok.
- Thailand reported its first civilian fatality in the current clashes, saying a Cambodian rocket killed a 63-year-old villager in Si Sa Ket’s Kantharalak District.
- An ASEAN foreign ministers’ session was pushed to December 22 at Thailand’s request as Malaysia advocates deploying an observer team to the frontier.
- Heavy exchanges persist across multiple sectors using artillery, rockets, drones and airpower, authorities report over half a million people displaced, and both governments trade accusations over civilian and cultural-site attacks.