Thailand demands apology from Cambodia over landmine incident

November 12, 2025 11:58 AM

Thailand demands apology from Cambodia over landmine incident

Thailand has demanded an apology from Cambodia after accusing it of laying fresh landmines that have injured Thai soldiers, a foreign ministry official said on Wednesday, a day after Bangkok suspended a ceasefire pact brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump. Cambodia denies the charge that it has laid new mines, including one that exploded on Monday and maimed one Thai soldier during a patrol along the disputed border between the two countries, reigniting tensions after a five-day conflict in J...

Cambodia asks Thailand to release detained soldiers as truce holds

July 31, 2025 12:45 PM

Cambodia asks Thailand to release detained soldiers as truce holds

Cambodia accused Thailand on Thursday of detaining 20 of its soldiers and killing another in post-ceasefire incidents, as a fragile peace held for a third day along their disputed border. Five days of intense clashes between the Southeast Asian neighbours that began last week killed at least 43 people, many of them civilians, and displaced more than 300,000, until a truce brokered in Malaysia on Monday halted the fighting. Thailand has since accused Cambodian troops of violating the ceasefire ...