Airstrikes lay bare Thailand's tactics and Cambodia's vulnerabilities

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Airstrikes lay bare Thailand's tactics and Cambodia's vulnerabilities

Rural regions far from front line and scam centers among Thai fighter jets' targets

A bridge, some 70 kilometers from the Thai border, in Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey province that was hit by a Thai airstrike on Dec. 19. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)

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January 26, 2026 11:34 JST

CHEUNG TIEN, Cambodia -- When the Thai-Cambodian border war resumed in early December, the rice and potato farmers in this quiet rural neighborhood edged with wild shrubs felt they were safe. After all, the front line was some 70 kilometers away.