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At slightest 1 idiosyncratic was killed successful Cambodia amid a flare-up of struggle with Thailand connected Wednesday (November 12, 2025) arsenic the neighbours accused each different of opening occurrence on a disputed portion of their border, threatening a U.S.-brokered truce.
Earlier connected Wednesday (November 12, 2025) Thailand’s Foreign Ministry said it had demanded an apology from Cambodia aft accusing it of laying caller landmines that maimed a Thai worker connected Monday (November 10, 2025).
On Tuesday (November 11, 2025), Thailand said it was suspending an enhanced ceasefire statement that the 2 nations signed past period successful the beingness of President Donald Trump.
Cambodia denies the complaint that it has laid caller mines and has urged Thailand to adhere to the October deal, which built connected an archetypal ceasefire negotiated by Mr. Trump to extremity 5 days of warring successful July.
Firing adjacent disputed borderline village
Cambodia’s Defence Ministry said Thai troops opened occurrence adjacent a disputed borderline colony astatine astir 3:50 p.m. section clip (0850 GMT) connected Wednesday (November 12, 2025).
One idiosyncratic was killed and 3 wounded, the Ministry said successful a statement.
Thai Army spokesperson Major General Winthai Suvaree said Cambodian soldiers initially fired shots into Thailand.
“Thai forces took screen and fired informing shots successful response, pursuing rules of engagement,” helium said, adding that determination were nary casualties connected the Thai side. “The incidental lasted astir 10 minutes earlier calm was restored.”
The disputed frontier settlement, which Thailand says is portion of its Ban Nong Ya Kaew colony successful Sa Kaeo province, but which Cambodia says is portion of Prey Chan colony successful Banteay Meanchey province, has been the tract of erstwhile confrontations.
Thai Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nikorndej Balankura told reporters connected Wednesday (November 12, 2025) that Thailand was calling for an apology from Cambodia for Monday’s (November 10, 2025) landmine incident.
“We asked them to find the facts connected what happened and who is accountable, and with it, asked them to enactment successful spot measures to forestall the aboriginal recurrence of the situation.”
A Cambodian authorities spokesperson declined to remark connected Thailand’s demands.
At slightest 48 radical were killed and an estimated 3,00,000 temporarily displaced during the July clashes, which saw the speech of rocket fire, dense artillery and airstrikes.
Landmine blasts on disputed frontier areas were among the catalysts down the borderline clashes, with astatine slightest 7 Thai soldiers severely injured successful arsenic galore mine-related incidents since July 16.
Some of these mines were apt recently laid, Reuters reported successful October, based connected adept investigation of worldly shared by Thailand’s military.
The Southeast Asian neighbours person contested sovereignty for much than a period implicit undemarcated points on their 817-km (508-mile) onshore border, archetypal mapped successful 1907 by France erstwhile it ruled Cambodia arsenic a colony.
