Will Thailand break the ceasefire?
We are currently experiencing some very strange events in the Thai media landscape – following the ceasefire.
First, the ceasefire was confirmed by all parties:
The actual ceasefire was then reported at the announced time by media from both countries:
The only thing that was somewhat striking here was that the Cambodian media tended to assume a more permanent ceasefire, while the Thai media sometimes reported a 24-hour ceasefire and sometimes a 5-day ceasefire.
On July 29, 2025, “The Nation Thailand” was initially the only media outlet to report that the ceasefire had been broken:
Other Thai media also initially reported that peace had returned as agreed:
A short time later, “The Nation Thailand” also reported that the ceasefire had materialized. With a single deviation regarding a report by the Thai navy (here only at around 00:32).
The report on the successful ceasefire thus came from the same newspaper, which had reported shortly before that the ceasefire had allegedly been broken.
At lunchtime, there were more and more reports in Thailand that Cambodia had allegedly broken the ceasefire:
Cambodian media was only talking about the opposite. Cambodia also called for the deployment of independent observers to ensure compliance with the ceasefire.
This is likely to give attentive media observers the impression that the Thai military could be trying to undermine the ceasefire. There is hardly any other explanation for the contradictory reporting in Thailand’s national media.
It should also be noted that, unfortunately, the military meeting scheduled for 7 a.m. has been postponed indefinitely:
The beginning of the conflict
At this point, we would like to take another look at the beginning of the armed conflict in the Thai media using screenshots:
