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☆ Thailand’s Election: What to Watch and What’s at Stake
  + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( Sui-Lee Wee | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
Thai voters headed to the polls on Sunday in a hotly contested election that will determine whether Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, the general who seized power in a coup in 2014, is unseated by his rivals. An observer of Thai politics has called the election the most consequential one in his lifetime. Opinion polls show that many voters want change, backing opposition parties that have promised to restore democratic rule in Thailand and roll back some of the authoritarian policies introduced by Mr. Prayuth. There is a broad sentiment that Mr. Prayuth has done little to boost the economy after nine years in power. His harsh crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Bangkok in 2020 has also alienated many voters.
☆ A Crucial Question in Thailand’s Election: Can You Criticize the King?
  + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( Sui-Lee Wee | Muktita Suhartono | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
When Thais go to the polls on Sunday, they will be voting in a closely fought election that is seen, in part, as a referendum on whether it is illegal to criticize the Thai monarchy. Thailand has one of the world’s strictest laws against defaming or insulting the king and other members of the royal family. The protests represented two sides of an impassioned struggle to determine the role of the crown in modern Thailand. The election could determine whether the Southeast Asian nation of 72 million will revive its once-vibrant democracy or slide further toward authoritarian rule, with royalists firmly in power. He and his supporters argue that amending the law could lead to abolishing the monarchy altogether, and have vowed to defend the royal family.
☆ Marcos, Back in Arms of U.S., Is Making His Own Name in Foreign Policy
  + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Sui-Lee Wee | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Mr. Marcos — in office for not even a year — has emerged as one of the Philippines’ most transformative foreign policy presidents, engineering a forceful pivot toward the United States in its intensifying rivalry with China. Soon after his inauguration in June, Mr. Marcos welcomed a succession of visits by several top-level American officials. Defense officials began briefing Mr. Marcos about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the parallels of a potential similar attack by China on Taiwan, which sits across a narrow waterway from the Philippines. Then, in January, Mr. Marcos announced that the United States would gain access to four more military sites in the Philippines. Last month, the Philippines hosted the biggest-ever joint military drills between the two countries.
☆ Facing China, the Philippines and U.S. Join in Biggest Military Drill Yet
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Sui-Lee Wee | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
More weapons could come. After the foreign and defense ministers of both the United States and the Philippines held talks earlier this month, Washington said it would commit to adopt “a security sector assistance road map” in the Philippines, which “will guide shared defense modernization investments.” Mr. Marcos is set to meet President Joe Biden next week in Washington. Collin Koh, a research fellow and expert on maritime security in Southeast Asia, said that the Philippines could “help to complicate Chinese defense planning” in the South China Sea. “Even weaker actors can pull off certain victories,” he said, pointing to how Ukraine’s vastly outgunned military had shocked and stymied Russian forces over the past year. Now, they say they are more reassured, especially after several visits by high-level U.S. officials.
☆ Thailand’s Most Polarizing Family Rises Again Ahead of Election
  + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Sui-Lee Wee | Muktita Suhartono | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
For close to two decades, the military and conservative establishment in Thailand has sought to keep former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his supporters out of power. Mr. Thaksin, a populist politician and a business tycoon, was ousted in a coup in 2006 before he fled the country. Several years later, his sister succeeded him as prime minister and then suffered the same fate. Now, conservatives are watching warily as his political party looks set to dominate next month’s election. The party’s star campaigner: Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Mr. Thaksin’s youngest daughter and a strong contender for prime minister.
☆ What’s in Our Queue? ‘The Glory’ and More
  + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Sui-Lee Wee | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
I’ve been obsessed with this fashionista’s Instagram account. She recently learned she has dementia, and her son, who asked her to move in with him, is helping her rediscover her old self through her wardrobe. Her profile also chronicles how she is trying to remember what it is like to write and draw. See the account.
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