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As the surprise winner of Thailand's recent election tries to form a new government, some officials are saying, “not so fast.” Pita Limjaroenrat swept the vote by promising to take on the powers that be — Thailand's military establishment — but election officials are threatening to ban him and, potentially, his victorious Move Forward party. A law in Thailand forbids

Of note this fall: deep dives into storied American lineages, reckonings with racist forebears, reconsiderations of the Roman empire, and biographies of both prominent and obscure African Americans of the 19th century.

Joe Biden was supposed to be in Papua New Guinea on Monday, becoming the first US president to ever visit the Pacific island country. But he canceled to stay in Washington, focusing on the debt ceiling deadlock. Top US diplomat Anthony Blinken is there instead. Though Papua New Guinea’s leaders are disappointed, they’re still pushing ahead with a controversial deal — to let US

There’s a festive mood in Asia’s youngest nation: Timor-Leste, a Southeast Asian country the size of Connecticut. On Sunday, the people of Timor-Leste will vote for their next parliament — and though the country has its challenges, its elections are ranked as some of the freest and fairest in Asia. How does the country pull this off? The World’s Patrick Winn reports.

Voters in Thailand have delivered a loud message to their military-backed government, calling for change. Thailand’s army has kept a tight grip on the country’s politics, but in Sunday’s election, a party promising to end “dictatorship” forever won in a landslide. Now, many voters are wondering if the military will really let its rivals run the country. The World’s Patrick

Since the 1930s, there’s been a military coup in Thailand on average every seven years. The army will sometimes allow elected leaders to govern — even for yearslong stretches — but eventually, the military intervenes, claiming that elected leaders are unfit to rule. The current prime minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, took power in a 2014 coup. There’s an upcoming election this

A group of Rohingya toured the camps that Myanmar is building to house newly returning refugees. But the refugees, who were chased out of Myanmar six years ago, say they won't return if they are not safe. More than a million Rohingya live in squalid camps in neighboring Bangladesh. The World's Patrick Winn says previous repatriation efforts have failed because of fears of

Thailand feeds the world. As a major producer of sugar, corn, rice and chicken, its crops sweeten sodas and fill stomachs from the US to China and beyond. But locals are paying a fatal price for profits reaped by the huge agricultural conglomerates that control production. The World's Patrick Winn reports from Bangkok.

It's supposed to be a triumphant evening, with US President Joe Biden honoring South Korea’s leader with a state dinner at the White House — a display of strengthening US-Korean solidarity. But things could get awkward given the recent Pentagon leaks that indicate the US has been listening in to conversations taking place inside President Yoon Suk-yeol's presidential office.

It was one of the worst industrial disasters ever: an eight-story factory building in Bangladesh suddenly collapsing — and it happened 10 years ago on Monday. Most of the people inside were clothing stitchers. More than 1,100 people died in the collapse and twice that many were injured. This was no mere accident. Three of the building’s eight floors were built illegally and,