Following a meeting on 28 July hosted and chaired by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, the current ASEAN Chair, Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an unconditional and immediate ceasefire starting from midnight.

Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has announced that he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump following the ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia, expressing his confidence that the situation will unfold positively. However, clashes intensified and explosions continued until midnight, when the ceasefire officially took effect.

A meeting between Thai and Cambodian delegations to discuss an end to the ongoing border clashes will take place on Monday (28 July) in Malaysia, said Jirayu Huangsap, spokesperson for the Office of the Prime Minister.

Thailand and Cambodia have entered into a second day of artillery exchanges, with casualties continuing to rise on both sides. The international community has called for a ceasefire, while the UN Security Council (UNSC) was scheduled to hold an urgent meeting behind closed doors on the border clashes on 25 July.

ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) urgently calls on the governments of Thailand and Cambodia to choose restraint over retaliation, dialogue over destruction. In the face of escalating violence along the border, ASEAN must act with moral clarity to protect the lives and dignity of border communities.

The Thai-Cambodian border clashes have turned deadly after a firefight broke out this morning (24 July), near Ta Muen Temple, located in an undemarcated area along the Thai-Cambodian border. Both Thailand and Cambodia accused each other of opening fire.

Tension between Thailand and Cambodia has reached breaking point after Thailand’s Acting Prime Minister announced the recall of the country’s ambassador to Cambodia following injuries to five more Thai military personnel by landmines along the Thai-Cambodian border.

The Thai military has accused Cambodia of laying new anti-personnel landmines along the undemarcated Thai-Cambodian border at Chang Bok Pass, after three Thai soldiers were injured last Wednesday when one of them stepped on a landmine.

Cambodia is continuing to ban the import of fuel and gas from Thailand amid the ongoing border disputes between the two countries. At the same time, Cambodia also appears to be leveraging the moment to diversify its energy sources away from Thailand, with the well-connected Kampuchea Tela, the largest energy player in the country, standing to gain even more market share as PTT Oil and Retail Business Public Company Limited (PTT OR), the Thai state enterprise and second-largest fuel distributor in the country, suffers a setback.

Amid simmering tensions over a border dispute with Cambodia, a leaked audio clip captures Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra referring to Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen as “Uncle” while offering him concessions in an effort to ease tensions over the closure of border checkpoints. She also referred to Thailand's Second Army Area Commander as an opponent. Although she said it was a negotiation tactic, has the military been defying the government's de-escalation efforts?

The standoff emerging after the 28 May clash between Thailand and Cambodia, followed by punitive measures to close key border crossings, has brought almost all activities to a halt in several provinces. It is the grassroots communities who have been left behind, bearing the heaviest burden of a conflict far beyond their control.

Protesters gathered at the Victory Monument in central Bangkok on Saturday (28 June) to demand that Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra resign over a leaked call with Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen.