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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. ...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport on Sunday, 14 December, provided more than $10,000, along with educational materials, food supplies and other essential items, to students, families and educators who have been affected by ongoing Thai attacks. ...

A group of journalists from eight organisations took part in distributing fresh milk, snacks and essential supplies to displaced children and families at the Wat Dach Phreat sanctuary in Bavel district, Battambang province. ...

Senate president Hun Sen has marked the 70th anniversary of Cambodia’s membership of the UN with a December 14 congratulatory message to the Kingdom’s peacekeepers. ...

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. ...

As of December 10, 2025, nine Cambodian civilians have been killed — including one infant — and 46 injured, by the Thai military, while almost 40,000 families have been displaced, according to a senior Cambodian official. ...

As fighting intensifies along the Cambodia–Thailand border, the wife of a Cambodian soldier has fled her home with her four children after Thai F-16 fighter jets flew low over their home, highlighting the growing toll of the conflict on military families, even far from the ...

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, the rotating ASEAN chair, confirmed that he has already contacted the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand. He praised the willingness of both leaders to continue negotiations to de-escalate tensions. ...

The Cambodian government spent a total of 815,469,470,000 riel — equivalent to $USD 203.86 — on implementing the National Social Assistance Family Package Program from April 30, 2024 to November 30, 2025, according to the National Social Assistance Fund (NSAF). ...

Minister of Interior Sar Sokha has instructed the authorities in provinces bordering Thailand to evacuate citizens from border districts, especially high-risk areas, to the sanctuaries that have already been prepared. ...

For the third consecutive day, thousands of Cambodian families displaced by cross-border shelling and the deployment of Thai F-16 fighter jets remain in shelter in schools, pagodas and temporary evacuation centres near the Cambodia–Thailand border, uncertain when it will be safe to return home. ...

An online reporter at Whitehorse News was allegedly injured when he was reporting news on the Cambodia-Thai border conflict on December 8 in Oddar Meanchey province. ...

From around 5am this morning, December 8, Thai armed forces opened fire on Cambodian military positions in the An Seh area of Preah Vihear province. Later, Thai armoured vehicles fired at the Ta Moan Templle, according to Maly Socheata, spokesperson for the Ministry of National ...

Hun Sen, president of the Cambodian Senate, has instructed all frontline forces to continue to exercise patience, as the “invaders” have been using all types of weapons to shell Cambodia since yesterday, last night and again this morning. ...

Cambodia has received formal approval for a new deadline to complete its nationwide anti-personnel mine clearance, after state parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention unanimously backed the country’s third extension request, during a meeting in Geneva from December 1–5. ...

Environmental officers and the provincial authorities have inspected a mining site operated by Cambodian Xuan Yi Minerals Co., Ltd, which mines gold and copper, as well as other precious metals, as part of an investigation into the cause of fish deaths in O’Russei stream located ...