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“WE HAVE RECEIVED a mandate from the people,” declared Sudarat Keyuraphan, a leader of the
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ALL THAT’S left of the “Burning Sun” nightclub in Seoul are the faint outlines of
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ROUND AND round the baggage carousel at London’s Heathrow airport goes a battered cardboard box
Indonesian voters get a genuine choice, but an increasingly narrow one
IN A METAL pavilion down a backstreet in Yogyakarta, a mid-sized Indonesian city, Tutiek Widyo
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India’s prime minister takes his re-election campaign into outer space
AT NOON ON March 27th Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, appeared on television to deliver
Thailand’s military junta gets its way in a rigged vote
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NORTH KOREANS did not hear about Kim Jong Un’s first known visit to China, only
India’s election campaign is racked by dirty tricks
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