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Gone quiet · last update Dec 26, 2025 / Thailand

The Thailand-Cambodia border war and Trump's ceasefire deals

Overview · reviewed October 28, 2026

In July 2025 Thailand and Cambodia fought along their disputed border for five days, with Thai jets bombing Cambodian military targets, before a ceasefire that President Donald Trump helped bring about with threats of economic pressure.[1][2][3] The two countries signed an expanded agreement at a ceremony Trump attended in October, but fighting broke out again in November and December, and they recommitted to the ceasefire in late December.[2][4][5][3]

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The two countries signed an expanded agreement at a ceremony Trump attended in October, but fighting broke out again in November and December, and they recommitted to the ceasefire in late December.[2][4][5][3]

Coverage over time

Share of tracked outlets · weekly (UTC)

Week of 2025-07-21 (UTC): 24%, 46 of 190 tracked outlets (13 left, 24 center, 9 right)Week of 2025-07-28 (UTC): 18%, 33 of 187 tracked outlets (13 left, 13 center, 7 right)Week of 2025-08-04 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-08-11 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-08-18 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-08-25 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-09-01 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-09-08 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-09-15 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-09-22 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-09-29 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-10-06 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-10-13 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-10-20 (UTC): 6%, 11 of 194 tracked outlets (4 left, 3 center, 4 right)Week of 2025-10-27 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-11-03 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-11-10 (UTC): 6%, 12 of 188 tracked outlets (2 left, 9 center, 1 right)Week of 2025-11-17 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-11-24 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-12-01 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-12-08 (UTC): 23%, 42 of 184 tracked outlets (13 left, 21 center, 8 right)Week of 2025-12-15 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2025-12-22 (UTC): 23%, 32 of 139 tracked outlets (7 left, 21 center, 4 right)Week of 2025-12-29 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-01-05 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-01-12 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-01-19 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-01-26 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-02-02 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-02-09 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-02-16 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-02-23 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-03-02 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-03-09 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-03-16 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-03-23 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-03-30 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-04-06 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-04-13 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-04-20 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-04-27 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-05-04 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-05-11 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-05-18 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-05-25 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-06-01 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-06-08 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-06-15 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-06-22 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-06-29 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-07-06 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-07-13 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-07-20 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-07-27 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-08-03 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-08-10 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-08-17 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-08-24 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-08-31 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-09-07 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-09-14 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-09-21 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-09-28 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-10-05 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-10-12 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-10-19 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-10-26 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-11-02 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-11-09 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outlets, so far

LeftCenterRightLighter bar: this week so far

Each bar is the share of the outlets on our Left / Center / Right rating scale that we tracked publishing that week which carried reporting on this story, split by the outlets' ratings. We track more outlets now than in the archive, so a share keeps earlier and later weeks comparable. An outlet counts once a week however much it published, and outlets in one ownership or syndication group count as one on each side they appear on. A rating describes the outlet, not the report. A gap means no such reports were collected that week, not that nothing was reported anywhere. Weeks run Monday to Sunday in UTC, so a report published on a Sunday evening in US Eastern time counts in the next week. 3 more outlets off the scale (not rated, or outside the left-right graphs) also reported; they are not in this chart. See them.

Weekly counts, outlets and reports (6 weeks with coverage)
Outlets on the rating scale that carried this story each week, of the outlets tracked that week, newest first
Week of (UTC)LeftCenterRightOf trackedShareReceipts
Dec 22, 2025721432 of 13923%
Dec 8, 20251321842 of 18423%
Nov 10, 202529112 of 1886%
Oct 20, 202543411 of 1946%
Jul 28, 20251313733 of 18718%
Jul 21, 20251324946 of 19024%

Latest coverage

The newest reporting in this story's record.

  1. Dec 25, 2025 · first reported · Headline from Forbes

    Trump Touts Thailand-Cambodia Ceasefire Before Zelenskyy Meeting

Background

Clashes broke out on July 24, when Thai fighter jets dropped bombs on Cambodian targets,[1] and continued a second day with more than a dozen people reported killed.[6] A ceasefire largely held by July 29 as military commanders met.[7] On October 26 the two signed an expanded ceasefire at a ceremony attended by Trump.[2]

Within weeks the peace declaration was falling apart, as each side accused the other of opening fire.[4] Fighting resumed in December in defiance of US calls to stop,[5] and by the third week defense officials agreed to meet to discuss restoring the truce.[8] In late December the defense ministers, Cambodia's Tea Seiha and Thailand's Nattaphon Narkphanit, signed an agreement at a border checkpoint recommitting to the earlier ceasefire.[3]

Supporting stories (8)
  1. Thai air force bombs Cambodian military targets amid deadly clashes as border dispute escalates
  2. Trump attends ceasefire ceremony with Thailand and Cambodia during Malaysia visit
  3. Thailand and Cambodia sign a new ceasefire agreement to end border fighting
  4. Trump’s Thailand-Cambodia peace agreement is falling apart after Cambodian villager killed in fresh clashes
  5. Fighting rages on Thai-Cambodian border despite Trump's ceasefire claim
  6. Deadly border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia continue as countries trade accusations
  7. Thailand-Cambodia truce mostly holds after shaky start in wake of fighting
  8. Thailand-Cambodia resume border peace talks once more – DW

The full record

Each date is when an update was first reported.

All 10 recorded updates

December 2025

  1. Thailand and Cambodia sign a new ceasefire agreement to end border fightingHeadline from KOB 4 · 35 outlets
  2. Thailand-Cambodia resume border peace talks once more – DWHeadline from Deutsche Welle · 6 outlets
  3. Thailand strikes disputed border with CambodiaHeadline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette · 29 outlets
  4. Fighting rages on Thai-Cambodian border despite Trump's ceasefire claimHeadline from MyNorthwest · 31 outlets

November 2025

  1. Trump’s Thailand-Cambodia peace agreement is falling apart after Cambodian villager killed in fresh clashesHeadline from KVIA El Paso · 15 outlets

October 2025

  1. Trump attends ceasefire ceremony with Thailand and Cambodia during Malaysia visitHeadline from The Boston Globe · 14 outlets

July 2025

  1. Thailand-Cambodia truce mostly holds after shaky start in wake of fightingHeadline from Al Jazeera · 42 outlets
  2. Thai air force bombs Cambodian military targets amid deadly clashes as border dispute escalatesHeadline from KVIA El Paso · 4 outlets
  3. Trump says Thailand, Cambodia seek ceasefire talks – DWHeadline from Deutsche Welle · 10 outlets
  4. Deadly border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia continue as countries trade accusationsHeadline from CBS News · 41 outlets

Coverage & sources

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