The Global Story
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Why Trump’s Thailand-Cambodia peace deal unravelled
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15 December 2025
27 minutes
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Fighting broke out last week on the Thai-Cambodian border, despite a US-brokered ceasefire in July. The conflict was one of the eight wars that President Trump claimed to have ended, so why did this peace deal unravel?
We speak to Jonathan Head, the BBC’s southeast Asia correspondent, from Surin on the Thai side of the border.
Producers: Xandra Ellin and Sam Chantarasak
Executive producer: Bridget Harney
Senior news editor: China Collins
Mix: Travis Evans
Photo: Thailand's Prime Minister watches as Cambodia's Prime Minister and President Trump shake hands. Mohd Rasfan/EPA/Shutterstock
