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When ASEAN chair Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim proposed an immediate ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand — an initiative publicly backed by US President Donald Trump — it should have marked a decisive step toward de-escalation. Instead, Thailand rejected it. This was not a misunderstanding, a technical objection or a procedural delay. It was a conscious decision to continue the conflict.

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The collapse of a timestamped ceasefire did not lead to an argument over compliance. Thailand chose a more consequential path: it denied the procedural reality of the ceasefire itself. Rather than disputing timing or interpretation, senior military spokespeople stated plainly that no ceasefire plan had ever been discussed, no enforcement measures existed, and operational orders remained unchanged. This was not rhetorical defiance. It was administrative closure. By nullifying the mechanism in its own chain of command, Thailand retroactively removed the possibility of violation. A ceasefire that never existed cannot be broken.

Thai leader trade life for power.Three leaders in seven months. And the border still burns.