Thailand-Cambodia Border Conflict Escalates: First Civilian Death Reported as Rocket Strikes Thai Village

Dec 14, 2025 05:38 pm CST

The Thailand-Cambodia border conflict has claimed its first civilian victim after a rocket attack killed a 63-year-old Thai villager. Despite previous ceasefire attempts, fighting has intensified with thousands of rockets fired by Cambodia and airstrikes conducted by Thailand, resulting in dozens of casualties and displacing over half a million people in the dispute over contested border territories.