US EditionBBC World Service - Newshour, Heavy fighting at the Thailand / Cambodia border
Over 500,000 people were displaced by the deadliest clashes since July 2025, leading Cambodia to withdraw from the South East Asian Games hosted by Thailand.
- On Wednesday, renewed fighting along the disputed Thailand–Cambodia border forced more than 500,000 people to flee their homes, and Cambodia withdrew from the South East Asian Games hosted by Thailand.
- Historic temple claims along the colonial-era border have triggered recent clashes, as neighbours contest a colonial-era demarcation of an 800-kilometre frontier in the disputed border area.
- Authorities in both countries organised sheltering and relocations for displaced civilians, with more than 400,000 moved across seven provinces in Thailand and 101,229 evacuated in five provinces in Cambodia as of Tuesday evening.
- Thailand's foreign minister signalled talks were not possible, while Cambodia's top adviser to Prime Minister Hun Manet said Cambodia was ready to talk, and US President Donald Trump said he would make a phone call to stop the conflict.
- The fighting is the deadliest since a five-day July battle that displaced around 300,000, and at a rally in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Trump listed the Southeast Asian clashes among conflicts he helped stop.
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Violent clashes have prompted mass evacuations in Thailand and Cambodia.
Thailand insists it was not aggressor in conflict
Thailand has sought to convince the international community that it was not the aggressor in recent clashes with Cambodia, Foreign Affairs Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said on Tuesday, stressing Phnom Penh has consistently attempted to portray itself as a victim despite evidence to the contrary.
Violent clashes broke out again on Tuesday between Cambodia and Thailand along the entire 800-kilometer border. Tens of thousands of residents of the border areas were forced to seek refuge in shelters or in safer, interior areas. The armies of the two countries attacked each other with small arms and heavy artillery. According to local media, the Thai air force bombed Cambodian army positions. According to the Bangkok Post, citing Thai Chief of…
On Tuesday, the Thai army announced the death of two new soldiers in the border clashes with Cambodia, bringing to three soldiers killed since the resumption of fighting between the two neighbours of South-East Asia. ...
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