Overview
- A Malaysia-brokered ceasefire has held since July 28 across the Preah Vihear border region despite persistent nationalist hostility online.
- On August 1, Thailand repatriated two wounded Cambodian soldiers from a group of 20 detained for alleged border intrusion and continues to process the remaining 18 under immigration laws.
- The General Border Committee will convene August 4–7 in Malaysia with observers from ASEAN, the United States, China to discuss measures to maintain the truce.
- Human rights organizations Fortify Rights and Human Rights Watch have called for a United Nations-led inquiry into reported attacks on civilians and potential breaches of international humanitarian law.
- The long-standing dispute over the Preah Vihear temple, affirmed by past International Court of Justice rulings, underscores the unresolved territorial tensions fueling the conflict.