US EditionThailand and Cambodia Agree Swift Ceasefire After Deadly Border Clashes
THAILAND, JUL 29 – The ceasefire ends the deadliest clashes in over a decade that killed at least 35 and displaced around 200,000 people, following mediation led by Malaysia amid U.S. trade pressure.
- Early Monday, the leaders agreed to a ceasefire after five days of fighting, according to officials.
- The conflict, which began on Thursday over a vague colonial-era cartographical dispute, involved a land mine explosion that wounded five Thai soldiers.
- Displacement figures with around 140,000 in Cambodia and 150,000 in Thailand coincided with at least 43 people killed in the clashes.
- Residents like Lat Laem returned after the ceasefire held, with Cambodia, Thailand, and Malaysia calling it a 'vital first step' towards peace.
- They also committed to halt troop movements and avoid escalation ahead of a joint border committee meeting on August 4.
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Displaced Cambodians return home after Thailand truce
As Cambodia and Thailand's ceasefire held Tuesday, Lat Laem hared back home -- one of the first evacuees to return to the frontier since deadly cross-border clashes sent more than 300,000 people fleeing.
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Catholic News AgencyThailand-Cambodia ceasefire holds amid Catholic bishops’ peace appeals
Royal Thai Army soldiers are pictured on armored vehicles on a road in Chachoengsao province on July 24, 2025. / Credit: LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP via Getty Images CNA Newsroom, Jul 29, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). A fragile ceasefire between Thailand ... [...]
The fighting stopped on the Cambodia-Thailand border, although the two sides continued on Tuesday to dispute accusations of ceasefire violations that came into effect after about a week of bloody clashes.
The ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia was supposed to be silent, but Bangkok initially reported violations. Now, however, the ceasefire appears to be largely holding. The military chiefs of both countries met at the border.
“Maris” reveals that he has sent a protest letter with evidence that Cambodia has violated the ceasefire agreement to ASEAN-Malaysia-US-China-UN ambassadors, saying that Thailand still has the right to respond proportionately, confident that Cambodia’s distortion cannot be defeated.
Thai govt tells the world Cambodia broke ceasefire agreement
The Thai government on Tuesday complained to the international community, accusing Cambodia of continued and indiscriminate attacks on Thai soil after their ceasefire agreement came in to effect at midnight.
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