A Thai soldier is based in a hospital in the border between the Thailand and Cambodia where clashes are continuing. Photo: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters.A Thai soldier was killed and four wounded in further clashes in a disputed portion of the border between the Thailand and Cambodia, a Thai army spokesman said, as a newly agreed ceasefire does not have to take.
At least 16 people died in the fighting over the past week, centred on the ancient temples at two points on the border.
Commander of the Thai regional army that thawatchat Samutsakorn said Reuters four soldiers were wounded in two clashes involving firearms and grenades, which said, had been launched by the Cambodian side.
"We are now in close contact with Cambodia and while gunfights broke out, he was not a major confrontation as before, so I consider that it is an improvement," he said.
"But it also shows the tension is still there and we must monitor closely the situation still two or three days.".
The ceasefire agreed on Thursday was supposed to put an end to seven days of sporadic and petit-rocket artillery has inflamed nationalist passions in both countries.
The defence of the Cambodia Ministry said both parties had agreed to keep troops in the region, to hold regular meetings between commanders on the ground and leave their territorial disputes to a joint commission of demarcation.
They also agreed to open border checkpoints near two challenged the Hindu temples of the 12th century in the heart of the fighting, although it was not clear when the villagers would be allowed to their remote towns, ravaged.
More than 60,000 people have been evacuated during the fighting.
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