International relations

Bombs and rockets continue to fly across the Cambodia-Thailand border, but the conflict reignited in December is also laying the groundwork for a prolonged economic shock in the communities most exposed to the fighting, local businesses, scholars and trade experts said. ...

The US is engaging in a high-stakes diplomatic effort to bring Thailand and Cambodia back into compliance with the peace agreement they signed in Malaysia on October 26. The renewed push comes as the latest conflict rages. A ceasefire was declared in July, with a ...

Thailand is generating a significant amount of fake news about the current conflict, according to Tep Asnarith, spokesman for the Ministry of Information. ...

Prak Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, will attend a special ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on the current situation between Cambodia and Thailand on December 22 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, according to a December 21 foreign ministry press release. ...

Cambodia has issued an open letter to the international community accusing Thailand of carrying out “planned, acknowledged and deliberate” military aggression along Cambodia’s western border since December 7, 2025, and warning that silence or inaction risks undermining the credibility of the international legal order. ...

The number of civilians killed as a result of Thai aggression has risen to 17, with at least 77 people injured as of 6pm on December 16. The two latest civilian deaths occurred at a safe centre in Koh Kong province, according to the Ministry ...

Senate president Hun Sen has responded to accusations from the Thai military and media that Russian mercenaries may have been hired to serve on the battlefield at the border. ...

The Cambodian first lady and humanitarian organisations are calling for immediate and scaled-up assistance as renewed clashes along the Cambodia–Thailand border drive mass displacement, overwhelm existing relief capacity and exposing hundreds of thousands of children and families to escalating risks.​ ...

The president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (AmCham) has published an open letter to the US embassy expressing urgent concern regarding Thai military statements that Thailand may designate Cambodian ports “high risk” and blockade shipments of fuel and other goods.​ ...

The number of civilians killed by Thai attacks has risen to 12 after another citizen was killed on December 14, and the number of injured has reached at least 75, including 15 new injuries as of 6pm. Concurrently, the number of displaced peoples has increased ...

The information minister said Thai F-16 jets bombed a hotel and bridges in Pursat province early Saturday. ...

At least three Thai strikes across three provinces on Thursday were among the deepest recorded in five days of renewed border clashes, with one reaching at least 63 km inside Cambodia, according to social media posts, official statements and local residents. ...

Thai forces continued firing on Cambodia’s sovereign territory on the morning of December 12, 2025, according to National Defense Ministry spokesperson Maly Socheata. ...

Hundreds of Cambodians living in Australia demonstrated in Melbourne on Sunday, calling for peace and an end to the ongoing border conflict with Thailand. ...

As artillery fire echoed across the Cambodian–Thai border this week, forcing thousands of families to flee and dozens of schools to close, the renewed fighting has raised urgent questions about what triggered the escalation — and what might come next. ...

Senate president Hun Sen has clarified that Cambodia is not restricting Thai citizens from returning to their homeland, as they can travel by plane. Cambodia has closed land borders due to Thai attacks. ...

Thailand continued to attack Cambodia overnight, officials confirmed as the border fighting entered its sixth day and the Thai PM receives the green light to dissolve parliament to pave the way for imminent elections. ...

Thai forces continued firing on Cambodia’s sovereign territory on the morning of December 12, 2025, according to National Defense Ministry spokesperson Maly Socheata. The attacks are persisting despite the dissolution of the Thai Parliament. ...

Families fleeing O’Smach described an escape defined by fear, scarcity yet an unshakable sense of solidarity, as five households from Chamkar Chek village clung together on a homemade tractor and now share a single small pot to cook their meals inside the Wat Bo Knar ...

The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) has announced that it will submit an urgent petition regarding the “brutal and barbaric” actions of Thai military leaders Weerayuth Raksil, Commander of Army Region 2, and Worayos Luangsuwan, Commander of Army Region 1, who it accuses of war ...

The Ministry of National Defence has denied reports by Thai media outlets claiming that Cambodia is using foreign mercenaries to help launch suicide drones in the Cambodia-Thailand border conflict. ...

The number of civilians killed by firing from the Thai military has risen to 10, with 60 injured as of the evening of December 10. Thai troops were continuing to push into Cambodian territory at multiple locations today, December 11, according to the Ministry of ...

The United States on December 9 expressed concern over renewed clashes and casualties along the Cambodian–Thai border, calling on both sides to honor the Peace Accords, according to a press release from the U.S. State Department. ...

International organizations are calling on donors to assist Cambodian children who have been relocated to safe areas as the current border conflict continues to escalate. ...