Tag : Thai-Cambodian conflict

Thai PBS Verify found a Cambodian social media user who posted an image of a bomber, claiming it depicted a new round of conflict between Thailand and Cambodia. Verification found that the photo was taken from a World War II dive bomber video game to create fake news. This was shared more than 2,700 times.

Hun Manet posted on Facebook claiming that the Thai–Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission (JBC) meeting had agreed to set a temporary border line using the 1:200,000 scale map. However, the Thai government spokesperson denied this, and academics pointed out that the JBC meeting had not yet reached any conclusion.

A video showing coffins being shared with the claim that they are Thai victims has been found to be misleading. In reality, it is an old clip of a bus carrying participants of a waste bank project study tour that overturned in Prachin Buri, unrelated to the Thai-Cambodia situation.

Verification found that a well-known Cambodian account published an interview with relatives of victims from the OAG building collapse during the 2025 earthquake, but distorted the translation to claim it was a mother of a missing person from the Thai–Cambodian border conflict. The video has gained over 1.5 million views.

Thai PBS Verify has identified a false report circulating on Facebook from a Cambodian news outlet. The post showed an old photo of a destroyed residence, falsely described as the aftermath of an insurgent attack on a factory in Narathiwat. Verification confirmed the image was reused from past events and the claim is untrue.

A Cambodian Facebook page posted fake news claiming that families of missing Thai soldiers after a clash were protesting to bring back bodies. In fact, the video was of a protest over rubber plantation land rights in Nakhon Si Thammarat province.