{"id":191612,"date":"2025-12-14T17:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T17:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/191612\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T17:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T17:01:09","slug":"thailand-destroys-bridge-as-fighting-with-cambodia-over-disputed-region-continues-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/191612\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand destroys bridge as fighting with Cambodia over disputed region continues | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thailand has announced a curfew as fighting with Cambodia spread to more areas of a disputed border region.<\/p>\n

Renewed conflict between the southeast Asian neighbours has stretched into a second week, despite claims of a ceasefire by would-be peacemaker, US President Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Thailand’s government said a rocket attack from Cambodia killed a 63-year-old villager, its first civilian death reported as a direct result of combat over the past week.<\/p>\n

Fighting has flared up several times this year since a Cambodian soldier was killed in a May skirmish, as decades-old tensions over the border territory persist.<\/p>\n

Thailand<\/a> and Cambodia<\/a> have exchanged heavy-weapons fire at multiple locations along their 508-mile border since Monday.<\/p>\n

Thai forces said on Saturday that they had destroyed a bridge that Cambodia used to deliver heavy weapons and other equipment to the region.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Cambodia accused Thailand of striking civilian infrastructure.<\/p>\n

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\n Suang Sreang, 27, who is due to give birth within days, at Wat Por Sovannaram refugee camp in Cambodia. Pic: Reuters<\/p>\n

Thailand’s curfew covers five districts of Trat province that neighbour Koh Kong, excluding the tourist islands of Koh Chang and Koh Kood.<\/p>\n

This is in addition to the curfew the military previously imposed in the eastern Sakeo province, which remains in force.<\/p>\n

Around two dozen people have been killed in the past week, according to official reports.<\/p>\n

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Tens of thousands flee fresh fighting<\/a><\/p>\n

The renewed fighting ended a July ceasefire that was brokered by Malaysia and pushed through under pressure from Mr Trump, who threatened to withhold trade privileges unless the two sides agreed.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Mr Trump said the two countries “agreed to CEASE all shooting effective this evening, and go back to the original Peace Accord made with me” on his Truth Social platform.<\/p>\n

However, fighting has continued this weekend.<\/p>\n

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Simmering conflict between Cambodia and Thailand<\/p>\n

Why are Thai and Cambodian troops fighting?<\/p>\n

The roots of the Thai-Cambodian border conflict lie in a history of enmity over competing territorial claims.<\/p>\n

These claims largely stem from a 1907 map created while Cambodia was under French colonial rule, which Thailand argues is inaccurate.<\/p>\n

Tensions were heightened by a 1962 International Court of Justice ruling that awarded sovereignty to Cambodia, which still angers many Thais.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thailand has announced a curfew as fighting with Cambodia spread to more areas of a disputed border region.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-191612","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}