The Royal Thai Army announced that it has worked with civil authorities to move more than four hundred thousand people out of communities along the Thai–Cambodian frontier after renewed clashes and rocket fire targeting civilian zones.

In a statement dated December eight, two thousand twenty-five, the army said tensions along the border have continued to rise, including an incident on Monday morning in which Cambodian forces allegedly launched BM-twenty-one multiple rockets into residential areas of Ban Kruat district in Buri Ram.

The strike was described as a deliberate attack on civilian neighbourhoods outside any military operations, posing a direct threat to people’s physical and mental safety and forcing large numbers of residents to leave their homes, work and daily income behind.

The army said it instructed the First Army Area and Second Army Area to coordinate closely with provincial administrations and other agencies to speed up evacuations from high-risk zones into temporary shelters, following established emergency plans.

The objective is to relocate communities into areas of “maximum safety” and to reduce casualties and damage, which the statement said were the result of “unjust actions” by the Cambodian side.

As of December eight, evacuations within the First Army Area—responsible for four districts in Sa Kaeo province: Ta Phraya, Khok Sung, Aranyaprathet and Khlong Hat—had moved one hundred seventy-five thousand eight hundred and seven people, or about eighty-one percent of the target population, away from the border.

In areas under the Second Army Area, evacuations span twelve districts in four border provinces: Si Sa Ket, Ubon Ratchathani, Surin and Buri Ram.

A total of two hundred sixty-two thousand four hundred and nine people, approximately sixty-eight percent of those identified as at risk, have already been relocated from danger zones.

The army added that it is working with all relevant agencies to complete the evacuation of remaining residents from high-risk locations as quickly as possible.

Temporary shelters have been prepared to receive evacuees, with special attention given to vulnerable groups in terms of healthcare, daily living needs and essential welfare.

Relief supplies, transport assistance and support services are being provided continuously, alongside regular public updates to ensure information remains “accurate, timely and consistent.”

To secure evacuated villages and border regions, the army said it is cooperating with civil authorities, territorial defence volunteers and village security units to establish checkpoints and roadblocks and to increase patrols.

These measures are intended to maintain order and closely monitor developments in the affected areas.

The Royal Thai Army urged residents still in at-risk zones to move promptly to designated safe areas and to follow official instructions strictly.

It pledged to keep monitoring the situation and to activate additional protective measures at every level to ensure the highest degree of safety for civilians amid the current border crisis.