SURIN, Thailand -- Three Thai civilians were killed as heavy combat continued along the country's border with Cambodia, the Thai military said Thursday, marking the country's first civilian fatalities since the fighting resumed.

Thailand launched air strikes Monday on its neighbour Cambodia, with both sides trading blame for renewed fighting on their disputed border that has killed four Cambodian civilians and a Thai

The Philippine Embassy in Bangkok has assured the safety of all Filipino athletes competing in the ongoing 2025 Southeast Asian Games, despite armed clashes between Thai and Cambodian forces near the border.

Thailand says ordnance replanted by Cambodia has injured or maimed more than a dozen of its soldiers. Cambodia rejects the accusation.

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The statues were looted in the mid 1960s from the ruins of a temple in northeast Thailand. Last year, the Thai government requested the Asian Art Museum to return the statues.