Thailand, Cambodia reach consensus on ceasefire details

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Thailand and Cambodia have reached a consensus on implementing a ceasefire, agreeing to deploy ASEAN observer teams and pledging to freeze troop movements along their shared border.

At a General Border Committee session in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, officials from both countries finalized ceasefire terms, following armed clashes that erupted on their disputed border last month.

They agreed to a ceasefire covering all types of weapons, a pledge to refrain from unprovoked fire, and a commitment not to increase troop deployments along the contested border area.

Both parties also agreed to establish interim observer teams comprised of ASEAN defense attachés and coordinated by Malaysia, with limited oversight from observers from China and the U.S.

The teams will operate within their respective borders, without crossing into neighboring territory.

The Cambodian Minister of National Defense said that Cambodia will fully implement the agreement, and Thailand's Acting Defense Minister stated that this meeting was crucial to regional peace.

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has officially launched GPT-5, its most advanced AI model yet, which will be available to all 700 million users of ChatGPT from Thursday.

CEO Sam Altman explained that the latest model can provide PhD-level expertise across a wide range of tasks, with faster responses, reduced incorrect, misleading, or fabricated information, and built-in reasoning.

The model introduces variants, GPT-5-mini and GPT-5-nano, optimized for speed and cost, as well as advanced tiers such as GPT-5-pro and GPT-5-thinking, designed for complex tasks.

Finally, a study published in Scientific Reports on Thursday unveiled evidence of Neolithic cannibalism in northern Spain.

Researchers examined human remains found in El Mirador cave.

The remains from 11 individuals including adults, adolescents, and children date back roughly 5,600 years.

Their bones displayed cut marks, human bite marks, fractures consistent with marrow extraction, and signs of boiling, suggesting that the remains were skinned, defleshed, cooked, and consumed.

Researchers speculate that a single act of intergroup violence caused the cannibalization, and there were no signs of ritual or famine that might otherwise explain the event.

Choi Chi-hee, Arirang News.