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Khao Yai National Park will temporarily close the Nern Hom checkpoint on the Prachin Buri side at specific times from December 14-17 to host the 33rd SEA Games road cycling events, with alternative routes available for tourists.

Defence Minister Gen Nattapon Nakpanich says the government has issued no ceasefire order to the armed forces and vows there will be no halt to operations until Cambodia “clearly ceases all hostility” toward Thailand.

Lt Gen Boonsin Padklang, adviser to the Army Commander and former Second Army Area chief, visited an evacuation centre in Surin to encourage civilians displaced from the Thai-Cambodian border, urging confidence in the military and describing current operations as a fight to defend Thailand’s dignity and territory.

The Royal Thai Army confirms that Thai forces have temporarily pulled back from the Prasat Khana area in Surin after intense Cambodian attacks, but say troops are regrouping and preparing to reoccupy the position.

A fierce firefight between Thai and Cambodian forces has erupted again around Hill 677 in the Chong An Ma sector, with reports confirming four Thai soldiers killed and three wounded

The Second Army has uncovered written evidence of fresh Cambodian mine-laying along the border, after Thai soldiers were injured by landmines in the Sam Tae–Hill 677 area

The Joint Press Center on the Thailand-Cambodia border strongly condemns Cambodia’s deliberate attack on civilians inside Thai territory and reports four villagers injured by BM-21 rocket fragments in Ban Sao Thong Chai, Kantharalak district, Sisaket, on December 13.

Royal Thai Air Force says F-16s hit three strategic targets in Cambodia near the Chanthaburi–Trat border, destroying two supply bridges and a casino command centre

Thai military rebuts Trump’s claim that landmine blasts were “accident”, insisting they were deliberate Cambodian action and refusing to guarantee a ceasefire

Thai cyber police, military and civilian agencies set a plan at the Sa Kaeo border to receive thousands of Thais from Cambodia, prioritising trafficking victims

SRT has resumed full train services on the southern line to Su-ngai Kolok and Yala after completing repairs to tracks and signalling systems damaged by severe flooding

Thailand’s Joint Press Center insists recent military actions on the Cambodian border are legitimate self-defence, limited in scope and focused on protecting civilians and preventing escalation.

Cambodian media link renewed fighting with Thailand to a deep economic crisis at home, with nearly 72% of returnees from Thailand jobless and facing mental health issues