Cambodia evacuates village on disputed border with Thailand as tensions rise


An injured man (second from the left) is picked up by a Cambodian soldier on a motorbike, amid a flare-up of conflict between Thailand and Cambodia along a disputed part of their border, in Prey Chan village, Banteay Meanchey province on Nov 13, 2025. - Reuters

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia on Thursday (Nov 13) evacuated hundreds of people from a village along its disputed border with Thailand, a day after one of its residents was reported killed when shooting between the two nations broke out there.

Wednesday’s shooting occurred two days after a Thai soldier lost a foot to a land minewhile patrolling another area of the border. Thailand blamed Cambodia for the blast and announced it was suspending honoring the terms of a ceasefirepartly brokered by US President Donald Trump.

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