According to an Interior Ministry press release on January 4, the 21-day war of aggression by Thai forces on Cambodian territory, from December 7 to 27, 2025, forced more than 640,000 Cambodians to seek safety. Since the ceasefire and as of 1 pm on January 4, 2026, a further 12,417 displaced people had returned home, while 267,674 remained in camps, including 141,069 women and 90,670 children.
The release said Oddar Meanchey still had 107 schools, 10 hospitals or health centres, one provincial administration, one municipal or district administration, four commune or sangkat administrations and one administrative police post closed. Banteay Meanchey still had 321 schools closed—237 public and 84 private—along with five hospitals or health centres. In Preah Vihear, 61 schools and 14 hospitals or health centres also remained closed.
The same release listed private property damaged since December 7, 2025: 323 homes, seven private civilian buildings, five accommodation buildings or hotels, three petrol stations, one private market, 33 cars, five motorcycles, one cassava purchasing yard, one goods warehouse, two mobile-phone antenna poles, one rice granary and two livestock or wild animals. Public property damage included 25 schools, seven health centres, 39 buildings, six monasteries, one alms pavilion, one statue, one vehicle, four ancient temples, five bridges, one market, four roads and one electricity-supply installation.
The report also noted that in Pursat, Thai troops cut locks and forced entry into homes in Sangkum Thmei village, taking valuables from eight houses, four motorcycles and two village refuse-transport trailers. By: Nget Pisant
