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Thailand and Cambodia Keep Fighting as Bangkok Rejects Trump’s Ceasefire Claim

Bangkok’s denial of a new truce underscores the fragility of outside-brokered deals in a border conflict fueled by mistrust.

Overview

  • Clashes entered a second week on Sunday with both governments reporting ongoing shelling and airstrikes across multiple border provinces.
  • Cambodia closed all crossings with Thailand and Thai authorities imposed nighttime curfews in some provinces as displacement swelled to about 800,000, officials said.
  • At least 25 people have been killed, including 14 Thai soldiers and 11 Cambodian civilians, with each side accusing the other of striking civilian areas.
  • Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul vowed to continue operations, while Cambodia said Thai F-16s dropped bombs and destroyed bridges and Thailand cited Cambodian rocket fire.
  • The renewed escalation followed a December 7 skirmish and comes after July and October accords backed by the U.S. and Malaysia faltered over landmine allegations that Thailand makes and Cambodia denies.