Tough fight to decide nation’s fate


Supporters attend an election rally of Thailand's Prime Minister and leader of Bhumjaithai Party Anutin Charnvirakul in Bangkok, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thais vote tomorrow in an election pitting the popular reformists who won last time against the conservative who ended up as prime minister, with ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra looming large from his prison cell.

The South-East Asian nation’s next government will need to reckon with a long-standing border dispute with Cambodia that twice erupted into deadly fighting last year, and the multibillion-dollar transnational cyberscam networks based in the region.

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