The border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia has extended into its second week, with heavy fighting continuing over the weekend as efforts at mediation failed to bring about a renewed ceasefire.

Fighting intensified at numerous points along the 817-kilometer border between the two nations, while Thailand used F-16 jets to bomb what it claimed were Cambodian military targets, including a major bridge in Pursat province.

Thailand’s government said yesterday that 16 soldiers had been killed since the conflict broke out on December 7, and 258,626 civilians displaced. It also reported its first civilian death reported as a direct result of combat: a 63-year-old villager who was killed by Cambodian rocket fire in Sisaket Province’s Kantharalak district, the army said.

On the Cambodian side, at least 11 civilians have been killed and 74 injured, according to the Ministry of Interior, while nearly 400,000 people have been evacuated from border areas. Phnom Penh still has not reported any military casualties, although government officials have acknowledged the death of a pregnant 43-year-old female soldier at the frontline in Banteay Meanchey province.

The conflict has continued despite attempted interventions by U.S. President Donald Trump and Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who presided over the signing of a peace declaration between Thailand and Cambodia in Malaysia on October 26.

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul yesterday said that there was no plan for a ceasefire, despite Anwar urging the two sides to stop fighting by 10........

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