Will pro-military message bring Thailand’s ‘most hawkish’ party to power?
Thailand’s border war with Cambodia has fuelled an election campaign as nationalistic sentiments surge in the country.

Thailand’s border war with Cambodia has fuelled an election campaign as nationalistic sentiments surge in the country.



![Soldiers stand guard near a bunker at Hill 350, a site of clashes between Thailand and Cambodia in December 2025, in Surin province, Thailand. [Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-1769104599.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![A soldier walks next to Prasat Ta Khwai, a site of clashes between Thailand and Cambodia in December 2025, in Surin province, Thailand. [Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-1769027178.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)




Thailand hands over 18 soldiers after 155 days of captivity as truce agreed over the weekend continues to hold.
While the ceasefire has held since Saturday, Thailand says Cambodia violated deal with drone flights over the border.
Countries meet for a second day of negotiations after a truce agreed on Saturday to halt weeks of fighting.

Thailand and Cambodia have halted fighting after weeks of clashes along their disputed border.

A ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia has come into effect after weeks of deadly fighting across the border.
Agreement follows talks aimed at ending weeks of deadly clashes along the Thailand-Cambodia border.

Al Jazeera’s Assed Baig witnessed fighting at the Thai-Cambodia border despite talks taking place.
US offers to mediate more talks to end the latest flare-up of violence, which has upended an October peace accord.

Cambodian children write letters to soldiers, while donation sites fill for those displaced by fighting near the border.
Injuries reported in ongoing violence on both sides of the border ahead of negotiations over the renewed fighting.