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Tens of thousands of residents in four northeastern border provinces have become displaced persons after being evacuated to shelters due to ongoing cross-border shelling by Cambodian forces along the Thai-Cambodian border.
Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai warned today that cross-border clashes with Cambodia "could develop into war" as the countries traded deadly strikes for a second day.
UN Secretary General António Guterres has urged both nations to exercise maximum restraint, a UN spokesperson said Thursday.
The speed with which the Thai-Cambodian standoff escalates is tragic and astonishing, so much so that one theory about why it happened in the first place can be ruled out.
Thailand must urgently reform its industrial and agricultural sectors, which could suffer major negative impacts if the market opens to US products as part of ongoing tariff negotiations, says a leading economist at the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI).
The Thai military is claiming that Cambodian strongman Hun Sen is behind the Cambodian artillery and rocket attacks on civilian targets in Thailand.
UNICEF has expressed concern over the escalating violence along the Thai-Cambodian border, which has resulted in civilian casualties, including the deaths of children, June Kunugi, UNICEF Regional Director for East Asia and the Pacific said in a statement today.
At about 5pm today, the Royal Thai Airforce launched a second round of strikes on Cambodian military targets, south of the Ta Muen Thom ancient temple in Phanom Dongrak district of Surin province.
The Thai Public Health Minister has expressed deep anger and sorrow over the “inhumane attack” launched by Cambodian forces on Phanom Dong Rak Hospital in Surin province and on civilian areas in several other provinces along the border.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim called on Thailand and Cambodia to "stand down" Thursday following deadly border clashes between the two Southeast Asian neighbours.
Cambodia has asked the UN Security Council to convene an urgent meeting to halt, what it described as, Thailand’s “grave” aggression, which it claims threatens peace and stability in the region.
The simmering border tension between Thailand and Cambodia—two neighbouring countries has escalated into fatal skirmishes and military confrontations as of July 24. Thai PBS World presents a timeline of the tension that began on May 28:
The Thai military has deployed ground troops, supported by tanks and war planes, against Cambodian forces at ten locations along the Thai-Cambodian border in Surin, Si Sa Ket and Ubon Ratchathani provinces today, in an operation they call “Yuttha Bodin.”
Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai today condemned unprovoked random attacks with heavy weapons by Cambodian forces that have killed at least 11 civilians in four border provinces.
China said Thursday it was "deeply concerned" over deadly clashes between Cambodia and Thailand, which mark a dramatic escalation of a long-running border row between the two neighbours.
