Thai and Cambodian troops kept blasting each other hours after Donald Trump announced both sides agreed to stop fighting, and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said his country would only back down once Cambodia pulled out completely and cleared border landmines. The renewed clashes killed at least 21 people and forced 700,000 residents to evacuate, while both governments blamed the other for bombing civilian areas with fighter jets and rocket attacks.
Trump claimed he brokered peace between the countries after phone calls with both leaders, but neither side actually committed to an immediate halt despite what the president posted online. Thailand kept demanding that Cambodia show good faith first, and Cambodian officials insisted they had to defend their territory against aggression.
The century-old border dispute heated up back in July when Cambodia fired rockets into Thailand and got hit with airstrikes in response, and a ceasefire deal from October basically fell apart over accusations that Cambodian forces kept planting mines near the frontier.
Trump claimed he brokered peace between the countries after phone calls with both leaders, but neither side actually committed to an immediate halt despite what the president posted online. Thailand kept demanding that Cambodia show good faith first, and Cambodian officials insisted they had to defend their territory against aggression.
The century-old border dispute heated up back in July when Cambodia fired rockets into Thailand and got hit with airstrikes in response, and a ceasefire deal from October basically fell apart over accusations that Cambodian forces kept planting mines near the frontier.
