US Edition'We Are Suffering': Thailand, Cambodia Evacuees Want War to End
Renewed clashes have caused at least 14 deaths and forced over 500,000 people to flee to more than 100 evacuation sites, straining relief resources.
- This past week, more than half a million displaced civilians fled the Thailand–Cambodia border region as heavy fighting, including shelling and drone attacks, spread across five provinces.
- The decades-old territorial dispute, dating to colonial-era demarcation issues, underpins the clashes, with a fragile July truce after US President Donald Trump’s intervention failing to hold as both sides blamed each other.
- Evacuation sites such as Chong Kal displacement camp in Oddar Meanchey face tight conditions as aid teams and camp operators struggle to improve services amid rapid arrivals and repeated displacements.
- At least 14 people have been killed as the fighting damaged hospitals and local infrastructure, with wounded Thai soldiers airlifted for treatment and Pope Leo XIV appealing at his Dec. 10 audience.
- The latest clashes have eroded trust between Thai and Cambodian authorities, undermining joint demarcation efforts, while humanitarian strain may persist despite aid from the Catholic Church in the region and Caritas Thailand.
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Despite US President Trump's statements, there is no confirmed ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia. The conflict has already led more than 500,000 people to flee.According to Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, there is still no ceasefire in the border conflict with Cambodia. After a conversation with US President Donald Trump, the head of government told journalists in Bangkok that Cambodia must stop the fire first.The party that…
Despite US President Trump's statements, there is no confirmed ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia. The conflict has already driven more than 500,000 people to flee.
How Catholics are caught in the Cambodia-Thailand conflict
Neither Cambodia nor its neighbor Thailand is strongly associated with the Catholic Church.A Catholic church in Chong Khnies, Cambodia. JSolomon/wikimedia CC BY 2.0.Nevertheless, Catholics on both sides of the border are caught in the latest flare-up of the Cambodia-Thailand conflict.Who are the Catholics of Cambodia and Thailand? What is currently happening to them? And what are their prospects for the future?The Pillar takes a look.ShareWhat’s…
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