From hospital beds, Cambodian soldiers describe 'toxic gas'

Injured Cambodian soldiers transferred from a frontline lie in hospital beds at Ou Chrov referral hospital, amid clashes between Thailand and Cambodia along a disputed border area, in Ou Chrov district, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia, Dec 14, 2025. - Photo: Reuters

OU CHROV, (Cambodia): Cambodian soldier Kun Yong said he had been forced to pull back from his frontline position recently after he had trouble breathing following a sortie by a Thai aircraft.

"It's like I was suffocating," he told Reuters as he lay in a hospital bed, with his wife by his side.