US EditionThailand Suspends Peace Deal With Cambodia After Landmine Explosion
The landmine blast injured two Thai soldiers and caused Thailand to halt the peace deal signed at the ASEAN Summit intended to end border conflicts.
- On Nov. 10, 2025, a landmine blast at 9:30 a.m. near Sisaket province, Thailand, and Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, injured one soldier severely and three others lightly, prompting Thailand to suspend its peace accord with Cambodia.
- Earlier this year repeated blasts in July escalated tensions along the border, with explosions on July 16 and July 23 prompting a recalled ambassador and hostilities on July 24.
- Gen. Winthai Suvari said investigators found PMN-2 landmine fragments in the crater and three additional PMN-2 mines placed about 1 meter from the blast site.
- The government will postpone the planned release of 18 Cambodian soldiers, initially set for later this week, while conditions for returning to the deal remain unspecified.
- The deal, overseen by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and U.S. President Donald Trump, aimed to end July's fighting that killed at least 43 and displaced more than 300,000, but the landmine blast exposes its fragility.
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Fragile ceasefire after Thai soldiers were injured by landmines in the disputed region.
Thai-Cambodia ceasefire collapse shows limits of Trump peacemaking
Thailand’s suspension of its peace agreement with Cambodia has confirmed what many expected: a ceasefire built primarily under duress cannot outlast the pressures that created it. Barely three weeks after the Trump–Anwar-brokered deal was hailed as “historic” by the White House, the two neighbors have returned to recriminations and mistrust. The spark was a landmine […] The post Thai-Cambodia ceasefire collapse shows limits of Trump peacemaking …
Nattawat of the Thai Kao Mai Party warned that the Prime Minister's remarks regarding "Peace is Over" could affect national sovereignty. He recommended issuing an official statement and expediting the use of international diplomatic mechanisms.
Thailand has temporarily suspended the ceasefire recently agreed with its neighbour Cambodia after an incident at the border.
After an incident with a landmine on the border, Thailand stops the ceasefire mediated by the USA. The new escalation shows how fragile the security situation in the popular holiday region is. Four questions about an old conflict that threatens to explode again.
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