Clashes Erupt on Thailand-Cambodia Border as ASEAN Convenes Peace Talks 

22/12/2025

New fighting has broken out along the Thailand-Cambodia border as foreign ministers from Southeast Asian nations met in Malaysia to find a resolution to the deadly conflict between the two neighbors. 
  
The clashes early on Monday threatened to undermine diplomatic efforts by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to revive a ceasefire deal that was first brokered in July by Malaysia and United States President Donald Trump. 
 
The conflict, since it resumed on December 8, has killed at least 40 people and displaced nearly one million people on both sides of the border. 
  
The Cambodian Ministry of National Defense on Monday accused Thailand of deploying F-16 fighter jets that dropped four bombs in the Banteay Meanchay province and of firing “toxic gas” in the area of the Prey Chan village, according to the Agence Kampuchea Press state news agency. 
   
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