Overview

• Three Thai soldiers were wounded by a landmine in Sisaket province on August 9, with one losing a foot, according to the Royal Thai Army.
• It is the third such incident in recent weeks, following previous blasts that injured troops in mid-July.
• A ceasefire detailed on August 7 grants ASEAN observers access to disputed border areas to help prevent a return to fighting.
• Thailand has accused Cambodian forces of planting new mines along the frontier, but Phnom Penh denies the allegation and attributes the blasts to old wartime ordnance.
• Late July clashes, the worst in over a decade, killed at least 43 people and displaced over 300,000 residents on both sides of the frontier.