In Asia: Weekly Insight and Features from Asia

Contrary to the predictions made by the plethora of political pundits watching Thailand’s elections that the Democrats would have difficulty holding their five current seats in Thailand’s Deep South, the Democrats instead ran away with nine out of 11 constituent seats.

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Thai elections can be challenging to follow for even the most ardent political watchers. On July 3, Thai voters will head to the polls for the 26th time since the country became a Constitutional Monarchy in 1932. This means that, over the past 79 years, Thais on average have cast their ballot every three years.

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Most physical reminders of the violent clashes that took place in the center of Bangkok last month have been swept away. Protest graffiti has been scrubbed off the walls and shattered windows have been replaced with sparkling new glass. Aside from the charred skeletons of burned buildings, all other visual reminders of the thousands of [...]

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Last week, I found myself sitting in a cramped room on the top floor of a hired shop-house in a northern suburb of Bangkok, Thailand. The faded curtains drawn across the windows were no match for the blistering hot sun – the room was warm and airless. Some 40 people had crowded into the small [...]

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