BANGKOK — Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra came under fire from her own Twitter account on Sunday when it was briefly taken over by an anonymous hacker who accused her of incompetence. Thailand’s Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) ministry said it was investigating the hijacking of the PouYingluck tweet feed…
Up to one million Thais were disenfranchised ahead of the kingdom’s crucial recent election because of outdated lists of voters, an international monitoring group said Tuesday. The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL), which deployed observers nationwide for the polls, said the process was “peaceful and orderly” but raised “significant concerns” about…
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