Tag: Thailand

Asia This Week – August 23, 2019

Asia This Week – August 9, 2019

Asia This Week – July 26, 2019

Asia This Week – July 5, 2019

Asia This Week – June 14, 2019

Upcoming ElectionsHong Kong Local – November 24, 2019 and Legislative – Due September 2020Washington Post: “What’s happening on Kong Kong? Scenes from the biggest protests in half a decade: Hong Kong saw its biggest protests in five years on… Read More

Asia This Week – June 7, 2019

Upcoming ElectionsHong Kong Local – November 24, 2019Violet Law and Alice Fung, Associated Press: “Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong gathered Tuesday night to mark 30 years since China’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, underscoring… Read More

Asia This Week – May 31, 2019

Past ElectionsIndia Parliamentary – April/May 2019The biggest election in the history of the world has concluded BBC: “Narendra Modi sworn in for second term after election landslide” Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic: “The Gandhi Dynasty Helped Found India. It… Read More

Asia This Week – May 24, 2019

Asia This Week – February 15, 2019

Upcoming ElectionsThailand Parliamentary – March 24, 2019Tim Newton in The Thaiger: “The day that shook Thai politics” Princess Ubolratana's surprising, and short, candidacy for prime minister in Thailand gave election observers whiplash last week. @PavinKyoto looks at what… Read More

Asia This Week – February 8, 2019

Upcoming ElectionsThailand Parliamentary – March 24, 2019New York Times: “The sister of Thailand’s king was nominated on Friday as a candidate for prime minister, upending the political landscape in a country where the monarchy is considered above the… Read More