BANGKOK -- Thailand will hold a general election on Feb. 8, following the lower house's dissolution last week, the Election Commission announced Monday, even as the country's conflict with neighboring Cambodia appears to be escalating.

On the morning of December 15, 2025, the Ministry of National Defence said Thai F-16 jets dropped two bombs near the O’Chik Bridge in Srei Snam district along the Siem Reap–Oddar Meanchey border, drawing attention due to the sensitive location and the early-morning timing.

Fighting that has flared along the Thai-Cambodian border has sent hundreds of thousands of Thai villagers fleeing from their homes close to the frontier since Monday. Their once-bustling communities have fallen largely silent except for the distant rumble of firing across the fields.

SINGAPORE: Singapore has called on Thailand and Cambodia to exercise restraint and for both sides to resolve their differences through dialogue amid escalating border clashes.