Stretching throughout greater than 817km (508 miles), the shared land border between Thailand and Cambodia has been marred by battle for greater than a century. Sovereignty has been contested since France, which occupied Cambodia till 1953, first mapped the border in 1907.
Nevertheless, tensions have worsened considerably in 2025. In Could, clashes within the space that killed a Cambodian soldier sparked nationalist sentiment on either side, and noticed each governments retaliate. Thailand imposed harsh border restrictions, whereas Cambodia banned the published of Thai movies, and the import of Thai fruit, greens, fuel and gasoline.
Then in July, the worst clashes in a decade erupted throughout 5 days of preventing after a Thai soldier stepped on a landmine in a disputed space. A minimum of 48 folks have been killed and extra than 300,000 compelled to flee their properties. The conflict was exacerbated by a fallout between two political former leaders of Cambodia and Thailand. The five-day warfare ended with a fragile peace deal brokered by US president Donald Trump, which was signed in Malaysia in October.
However tensions have remained excessive. In November Thailand suspended the ceasefire when a border landmine blast injured one other Thai solder. A conflict occurred two days later that killed one and wounded three Cambodian civilians.
Thailand has since launched airstrikes alongside the border, reigniting preventing that has unfold alongside the border, with seven civilians killed and 20 wounded in Cambodia, and three Thai troopers confirmed useless. Either side accuse one another for breaking the ceasefire.
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