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Cambodia closes border with Thailand amid ongoing fighting, both sides blame each other for renewed conflict

Cambodia closed its border with Thailand after Bangkok rejected Donald Trump’s ceasefire claim. Violence over a long-standing territorial dispute has killed at least 25 people and displaced hundreds of thousands.

December 13, 2025 / 21:12 IST
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Cambodia-Thailand border clash escalates again
Cambodia-Thailand border clash escalates again

Cambodia shut its border crossings with Thailand on Saturday, after Bangkok denied US President Donald Trump's claim that a truce had been agreed to end days of deadly fighting.

Violence between the Southeast Asian neighbours, which stems from a long-running dispute over the colonial-era demarcation of their 800-kilometre (500-mile) border, has displaced around half a million people on both sides.

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At least 25 people have died this week, including four Thai soldiers the defence ministry said were killed in the border area on Saturday.

The latest fatalities were followed by Phnom Penh announcing it would immediately "suspend all entry and exit movements at all Cambodia-Thailand border crossings", the interior ministry said.