Land Mine Blast Puts Fragile Thai-Cambodian Peace Deal at Risk
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet and US President Donald Trump on Oct. 26.
Photographer: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Getty ImagesThailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has threatened to derail a fragile peace deal with Cambodia — signed just last month — after a land-mine explosion injured two Thai soldiers near their shared border.
The soldiers stepped on what the Thai army suspects were newly laid mines while on routine patrol Monday in Si Sa Ket province. It was the seventh such blast in four months, following a wave of explosions in July that sparked the deadliest border clashes in years.