The renewed fighting along the Thailand-Cambodia border puts a spotlight on two militaries with a large gap in capabilities and numbers and a history of armed clashes along their 500-mile (800-kilometer) border.

Three Thai civilians were killed as heavy combat continued along the country’s border with Cambodia, the Thai military said Thursday, marking the country’s first civilian fatalities since the fighting resumed.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday urged Cambodia and Thailand to immediately end renewed fighting along the contest

Siam Legal International today reported on the continued effectiveness of the US Treaty of Amity Thailand in 2025, alongside newly announced bilateral trade developments that expand opportunities for American businesses operating in Thailand.

Rubio called for the “immediate cessation of hostilities, the protection of civilians, and for both sides to return to the de-escalatory measures outlined in the October 26 Kuala Lumpur Peace Accords”

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is using fresh border skirmishes with Cambodia to tap nationalist sentiment at home before an election. In doing so he’s gambling it won’t unduly irritate US President Donald Trump,

The Monday violence between Thailand and Cambodia marks the most significant flare-up since the five-day war in July and comes after a ceasefire negotiated by US President Donald Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.