Evacuees sit on the ground as they take refuge in Banteay Menchey provincial town, Cambodia Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, after fleeing homes following fighting between Thailand and Cambodia over territorial claims. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
THE nation was heading for a snap poll as soon as February after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul won royal backing to dissolve parliament, heading off the risk of a no-confidence vote amid a raging border conflict with Cambodia.
The election, due within 45 to 60 days, raises the spectre of even more turmoil in Thailand, where coups and court rulings over two decades have brought down elected governments in an intractable power struggle of elites and progressive forces.
