00:00Thailand's military says one of its soldiers has been critically wounded
00:04and lost a leg in a landmine blast along the country's border with Cambodia,
00:09where a fragile truce is holding.
00:11However, the military says a preliminary check suggests the mine had been buried for some time,
00:16not recently placed.
00:19Thailand and Cambodia have repeatedly accused each other of violating fragile truces with cross-border fire.
00:26Bangkok has also alleged that Phnom Penh's forces have laid new landmines in contested areas,
00:32a claim Cambodia has denied.
00:34At the height of fighting in July last year,
00:37dozens were killed and more than a million civilians were displaced along the 800-kilometer frontier.
00:43A tentative ceasefire took effect in December.
00:46Cambodia's border regions remain littered with unexploded bombs and mines from decades of past conflicts.
00:52Under the December truce, both countries had agreed to freeze troop movements
00:57and cooperate on demining efforts.
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