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…
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Thailand 2019 Election Report – CBC The World This Weekend
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Thais Head to Polls in 2019 Election – CBC World Report
BANGKOK – Thailand goes to the polls Sunday. It’ss the country’s first election in eight years and follows the military seizing power in 2014. This story aired on CBC World Report Saturday, March 23, 2019.
Thailand Election Drama Unfolds – Southeast Asia Dispatches
BANGKOK – Almost five years since the military seized power in a coup, Thailand is finally gearing up for its general election March 24 – the first in eight years. Many Thais fear the election will not be free and…
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Cambodia 2018 Election Report: ‘The Crackdown Continues’ – CBC The World this Hour
PHNOM PENH – July 29, 2018 was Cambodia’s sixth general election since the UN organized the country’s first free and fair elections in 1993. For the last 25 years, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has used elections as a way to…
Tagged with: Cambodia, Election, human rights, Hun Sen, Independent media, Online crackdown, politics, Prime Minister, social media
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Cambodia’s Election Targets Social Media – CBC The World this Weekend
PHNOM PENH – The government of Cambodia’s new ministerial decree bans “fake news” from social media. Prime Minister Hun Sen has vowed police will arrest and prosecute Cambodians spreading false information online – such as members of the banned opposition…
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