Thailand, Cambodia border tensions escalate, no less than one lifeless

At least one individual was killed in Cambodia amid a flare-up of battle with Thailand on Wednesday (November 12, 2025) because the neighbours accused one another of opening hearth alongside a disputed a part of their border, threatening a U.S.-brokered truce.

Earlier on Wednesday (November 12, 2025) Thailand’s Foreign Ministry mentioned it had demanded an apology from Cambodia after accusing it of laying contemporary landmines that maimed a Thai soldier on Monday (November 10, 2025).

On Tuesday (November 11, 2025), Thailand mentioned it was suspending an enhanced ceasefire settlement that the 2 nations signed final month within the presence of President Donald Trump.

Cambodia denies the cost that it has laid new mines and has urged Thailand to stick to the October deal, which constructed on an preliminary ceasefire negotiated by Mr. Trump to finish 5 days of combating in July.

Firing close to disputed border village

Cambodia’s Defence Ministry mentioned Thai troops opened hearth close to a disputed border village at round 3:50 p.m. native time (0850 GMT) on Wednesday (November 12, 2025).

One individual was killed and three wounded, the Ministry mentioned in a press release.

Thai Army spokesman Major General Winthai Suvaree mentioned Cambodian troopers initially fired photographs into Thailand.

“Thai forces took cowl and fired warning photographs in response, following guidelines of engagement,” he mentioned, including that there have been no casualties on the Thai facet. “The incident lasted about 10 minutes earlier than calm was restored.”

The disputed frontier settlement, which Thailand says is a part of its Ban Nong Ya Kaew village in Sa Kaeo province, however which Cambodia says is a part of Prey Chan village in Banteay Meanchey province, has been the location of earlier confrontations.

Thai Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nikorndej Balankura instructed reporters on Wednesday (November 12, 2025) that Thailand was calling for an apology from Cambodia for Monday’s (November 10, 2025) landmine incident.

“We requested them to search out the details on what occurred and who’s accountable, and with it, requested them to place in place measures to stop the longer term recurrence of the state of affairs.”

A Cambodian authorities spokesman declined to touch upon Thailand’s calls for.

At least 48 individuals had been killed and an estimated 3,00,000 briefly displaced throughout the July clashes, which noticed the alternate of rocket hearth, heavy artillery and airstrikes.

Landmine blasts alongside disputed frontier areas had been among the many catalysts behind the border clashes, with no less than seven Thai troopers severely injured in as many mine-related incidents since July 16.

Some of those mines had been seemingly newly laid, Reuters reported in October, primarily based on skilled evaluation of fabric shared by Thailand’s army.

The Southeast Asian neighbours have contested sovereignty for greater than a century over undemarcated factors alongside their 817-km (508-mile) land border, first mapped in 1907 by France when it dominated Cambodia as a colony.