Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire on the brink
The on-going ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia is on a temporary pause after a landmine strike injured several Thai Soldiers conducting a security patrol near the border. For their part, Thailand says that the ceasefire is on an indefinite pause until Cambodia apologizes for the injuries sustained by their troops. Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul visited the injured troops at the border yesterday, while the Thai Army accused the Cambodian military of emplacing the landmines in violation of the on-going ceasefire. The Thai army said one soldier lost his right foot after stepping on a land mine while on patrol near the border in Sisaket province, but the Cambodian military has denied any involvement. As a result of this pause, clashes have once again started to breakout between the two nations. The two Southeast Asian neighbors had five days of combat in late July, and that fighting appears to have resumed in spite of a Trump-brokered ceasefire that took place earlier this year. The footage above was filmed by Thai troops, and it allegedly shows Cambodian troops engaging Thai positions near the border with small arms fire, threatening to send the situation back into turmoil.
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