Latest Cambodian Defence Ministry News & Updates

Bangkok, Jan 6 (IANS) Thailand’s caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said in a media interview on Tuesday that the country’s military has lodged a protest with Cambodia over an explosion in the border area that injured a Thai soldier.Earlier on Tuesday, Thailand’s 2nd Area Command stated on social media that Cambodia violated the ceasefire agreement by firing a mortar round in the border area at around 7:25 a.m. local time, leaving one Thai soldier injured.The Thai Ministry of Foreign A…

Phnom Penh, Dec 26 (IANS) Cambodian Defence Ministry’s Undersecretary of State and spokesperson Lt. Gen. Maly Socheata said on Friday that Thai F-16 fighter jets dropped as many as 40 bombs in a border village in Banteay Meanchey province.She said in a press briefing that the bombardment destroyed civilian houses as well as public infrastructures in Chok Chey village, Xinhua news agency reported.The Thai military also fired artillery shells into a civilian residential area in Poipet Municipality…