Thailand threatens to suspend truce deal with Cambodia after land mine injures troops

BANGKOK — Thailand threatened on Monday to suspend a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement with Cambodia , with the country's prime minister saying all actions under the deal will be halted, just hours after a land mine explosion in the volatile border area injured two Thai soldiers. Thailand and Cambodia signed a truce agreement at a summit in Malaysia last month, after territorial disputes between the two Southeast Asian neighbors led to a five-day deadly combat in late July that killed dozens. Tensions have simmered and there have been similar land mine explosions — both before and after the clashes, including one that injured three Thai soldiers patrolling the border zone in August. Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said Monday’s incident shows that “the hostility towards our national security has not decreased as we thought it would,” adding that all actions to be carried out under the truce agreement will be halted until Thailand's demands are met. He did not elaborate on Thailand's demands and there was no immediate response from the Cambodian government. Under the terms ofWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times