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PUOK, SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA (DEC. 19, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL)

1. PEOPLE AT MEMORIAL SERVICE AT FAMILY'S HOME

2. DECEASED SOLDIER TO SENSOPHEA'S PICTURE FRAME

3. VARIOUS OF FAMILY MEMBERS NEAR PICTURE FRAME

4. WOMAN HOLDING OFFICIAL LETTER IN FRAME

5. MEMORIAL (TWO SHOTS)

6. PEOPLE AT MEMORIAL (TWO SHOTS)
PUOK, SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA - DEC. 19, 2025: Family members gathered in mourning Friday, Dec. 19, to grieve the death of To SenSophea, a 29-year-old Cambodian soldier killed during recent clashes with Thai forces near the shared border.

The memorial service was held at the family’s home in the Puok District of Siem Reap Province. Relatives said To SenSophea died during intense fighting that erupted earlier this week along a disputed stretch of the frontier.

During the service, the soldier’s youngest sister, To SenSomnang, called on international powers such as the United States and China to intervene and encourage dialogue between the two Southeast Asian nations.

“Neither Cambodia nor Thailand can bear the continued loss of fathers, brothers, or husbands,” she said, urging a swift restoration of peace.

Thousands of Cambodians also held a peace rally on Thursday urging respect for a ceasefire agreement.

The clashes have continued despite US President Donald Trump saying last week that the countries’ leaders had agreed to halt the fighting.

The two countries signed a peace agreement in October in Kuala Lumpur in the presence of Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, but that was later suspended after Thai soldiers were seriously injured in a landmine explosion in a border province.

Thailand and Cambodia have a long-running border dispute that has repeatedly erupted into violence, including clashes in July in which at least 48 people were killed.