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Thailand 2019 Election Report – CBC The World This Weekend
BANGKOK – Many Thai voters are hoping for change as they wait on the result of their election. It’s the first held in eight years and the first since Thailand’s 2014 coup. Millions of young people voting for the first time – hoping for the return of civilian rule – but early results showed the military-backed…
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Bangkok Says Goodbye to Cheap Pad Thai – CBC The World this Weekend
BANGKOK – The Queen of Thai street food, Bangkok’s Jay Fai, was awarded a Michelin star last year. But for the rest of the city’s hawkers, they may be forced out of work in a push by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to clear the streets. 17,000 Bangkok hawkers have lost their licenses since 2014. The…
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Uganda’s ‘Urban Refugees’ – CBC The World This Weekend
KAMPALA, Uganda – As the violent conflict in South Sudan deepens, many people are fleeing to their next door neighbour. South Sudan is now the world’s fourth largest refugee situation behind Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia, according to UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency. Over 110,000 South Sudanese have sought refuge in Uganda this year — three-quarters…
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Dictatorship & Democracy in Philippines – CBC The World This Weekend
MANILA, Philippines – Thirty years since the People Power non-violent uprising that overthrew the corrupt regime of Ferdinand Marcos and martial law, Filipinos head to the polls. The anti-establishment mayor of Davao city, Rodrigo Duterte, is favoured to win the presidential election, while Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is slated to be vice president. Filipinos fear losing…
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