Reference News Network, December 15 report: According to the Cambodia Daily website on December 15, despite the ceasefire agreement between Cambodia and Thailand, mediated by the United States and Malaysia, which was scheduled to take effect at 10 p.m. on the 13th, Thailand still intensified its attacks on Cambodian territory on the 14th. The Thai military also blocked the Gulf of Thailand, intercepting oil and military supplies bound for Cambodia.

The report stated that President Trump of the United States, after talking with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thai acting Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, said that both sides of Cambodia and Thailand had agreed to a ceasefire.

However, the Thai government later refused the ceasefire and launched attacks from land, sea, and air against Cambodia, opening a new front in the coastal province of Koh Kong.

As indiscriminate attacks on civilian infrastructure continued, panic spread among the people. Hospitals, pagodas, schools, roads, and bridges were destroyed, with 11 civilians killed and nearly 400,000 people forced to leave their homes.

Another report from the Thai newspaper "Nation" website on December 14 stated that on the 14th, the Thai Army, Navy, and Air Force said that Cambodia had not ceased fire as claimed at 10 p.m. on the 13th, and the Cambodian army continued to attack several border areas of Thailand throughout the night.

The Thai Army, Navy, and Air Force held a joint press conference on the Royal Thai Army Radio and Television, stating in a briefing on the situation along the Thai-Cambodian border that the Cambodian army continued to bomb Thai border areas with BM-21 rocket launchers and artillery from 10 p.m. on the 13th until dawn on the 14th, showing no signs of ceasing hostilities.

Colonel Ritsada Srisuwan, deputy spokesperson for the Thai Army, said that the Thai military would continue to pursue two operational objectives: re-establishing the border line that Thailand claims has been occupied; and weakening Cambodia's military capabilities so that its armed forces lose combat effectiveness.

Colonel Nara Kuntawong, assistant spokesperson for the Thai Navy, said that Ban Chang Roi in Tak Province is under the jurisdiction of the Thai Navy and is a key objective that the Thai military has long tried to reclaim. According to him, this area had been occupied by Cambodia for a long time.

Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao" website reported on December 16 that the conflict along the Thai-Cambodian border had not yet stopped. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar said that the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting originally scheduled for this week has been slightly postponed at the request of Thailand and Cambodia.

The Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on the 15th, saying that the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting originally scheduled for the 16th has been postponed to the 22nd.

The meeting aims to resolve the conflict between Thailand and Cambodia. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar said, "We are still continuously coordinating and supervising. Thailand and Cambodia have requested a slight delay of the foreign ministers' meeting to ensure everything is properly arranged." Anwar called on Thailand and Cambodia to immediately stop the conflict. (Translated by Yang Xuelai, Zhang Lin)

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