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SOFREP on MSNEvening Brief: Trump Calls Leaders of Cambodia and Thailand, Pro-China Politicians in Taiwan Retain PowerFrom Trump’s tariff-fueled ceasefire push in Southeast Asia to political deadlock in Taiwan, a deadly courthouse siege in Iran, and the massacre of Christians in Nigeria’s Plateau State, the world feels like it’s teetering on a knife’s edge—and the blade’s getting sharper.
The latest flare-up started on Thursday, with intense fighting spreading across multiple border areas. Early Saturday, Thailand’s navy joined the army in repelling what it described as incursions by Cambodian troops at three points in eastern Trat province.
Even as the West-backed Israeli genocide against Palestine grinds on bloodily, attention in Asia has turned eastward to the sudden outbreak of border clashes between two predominantly Buddhist, neighbouring
Both Parties are looking for an immediate Ceasefire and Peace. They are also looking to get back to the “Trading Table” with the United States,” the US president said Saturday.
The countries continued to trade fire on Friday, and at least 16 people are reported to have been killed.
Thailand and Cambodia exchanged heavy artillery fire for a second day on Friday as fighting intensified and spread, while Cambodia's leader said Thailand had agreed to a Malaysian ceasefire proposal but then backed down.
Thailand bombed Cambodia with F-16 fighter jets on Thursday, as relations between the two countries imploded following clashes on a disputed border near the Emerald Triangle.