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Tensions along the Thailand-Cambodia border have escalated in recent days, with conflicting statements over a ceasefire and ongoing military operations leaving the situation precarious. Both sides accuse the other of aggression, while international leaders, including Malaysia and the United States, have sought to mediate. U.S. President Trump Announces Ceasefire On the evening of December 12, U.S. President Donald Trump announced via a social media post that Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet had agreed to a ceasefire, effective immediately.

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The Royal Thai Army (RTA) confirmed that one soldier has been killed and eight others injured in escalating clashes with Cambodian forces along the Thai–Cambodian border, with another fatality awaiting official confirmation. The clashes coincide with Thailand’s preparations to host the 33rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, the peak tourist season, and follow the fragile peace accord signed between the two countries on 26 October 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Thai government and military officials have issued statements regarding recent border clashes with Cambodia, emphasizing that Thailand’s actions were taken in self-defense and in accordance with international rules of engagement. Government Spokesperson Siripong Angkasakulkiat said that Thai fighter aircraft and other defensive operations were deployed after Cambodian forces reportedly initiated attacks that caused injuries and at least one death among Thai soldiers.

The Election Commission (EC) has ordered the revocation of voting and candidacy rights and initiated criminal proceedings against two men accused of orchestrating a vote-buying network to influence the national-level Senate selection. The EC ruled that Thanawut Saengarun, a provincial-level Senate elector in Maha Sarakham, and Sajjapong Phumisak, a former local mayor, acted as intermediaries who recruited national electors, organized meetings at Pathum Thani Place Hotel, and offered financial incentives in exchange for coordinated voting.

A series of resurfaced photos showing senior Thai officials dining or posing with alleged transnational scam figure Ben Smith has sparked widespread online scrutiny, prompting clarifications from Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas, and former army chief Gen. Apirat Kongsompong. The controversy escalated after social media users shared images of Smith — identified in foreign media as South African-born financier Benjamin Mauerberger — appearing alongside several prominent Thai figures.

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT) has expressed serious concern over both civil and criminal defamation cases brought against Australian writer and blogger Murray Hunter by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). Hunter, known for his investigative Substack articles, first became the subject of a civil defamation lawsuit in Malaysia, filed after the MCMC alleged that his writings contained false statements damaging the commission’s reputation.