#landmines

#landmines

Six countries, including five European states and Ukraine, plan to withdraw from the Anti‑Personnel Mine Ban Treaty and reintroduce anti‑personnel mines for defense.

Intense border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia in 2025 caused mass displacement, dozens of deaths, and repeated ceasefire violations with reciprocal retaliation.

Thailand and Cambodia maintain a fragile ceasefire amid deadly July clashes, mutual accusations of landmine planting, casualties, and mass displacement.

Huge areas of Ukraine are heavily contaminated with unexploded mines and ordnance, leaving roads, fields, parks and forests unsafe and threatening civilians long-term.

The Korean DMZ, though heavily fortified and mined, has become an accidental ecological refuge supporting thousands of species including many endangered animals.