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Don't like the two main parties, so vote for the third? If only politics is that logical and voters that idealistic.
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Protesters near Istanbul's main police headquarters on Wednesday said the detention of President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival and the city's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was a blow to Turkish democracy.
PHNOM PENH: China's democracy, distinguished by its people-centered approach, has proven effective in addressing social issues and enhancing people's well-being, experts said at a themed event here Wednesday (March 12).
PETALING JAYA: The Opposition has been warned against engaging in "shallow politics" over Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's proposal to limit the tenure of the prime minister.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Rakyat erupted on Wednesday (March 5) when angry Opposition MPs claimed a government MP had accused them of not understanding democracy.
Democratic progress in South-East Asia remains stifled by authoritarian resilience, weak institutions, and the misuse of legal frameworks to silence opposition.
America’s new breed of the president’s men increasingly own everything from access to space to how we get news on earth.rth
Asean's credibility hinges on adopting a principled, people-centered approach to Myanmar.
OSLO (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter should be praised for his "decades of untiring effort" to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts and to advance democracy and human rights, the body awarding the Nobel Peace Prize said on Monday.
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Nearly three decades after the fall of Indonesia's authoritarian leader, General Suharto, the nation's new president is causing unease among liberals and others by increasingly turning to the once-all-powerful military to carry out his governing vision.
KOTA KINABALU: Students from Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) are organising an open dialogue with the Chief Minister’s Office and others to discuss demonstrations and democracy.
MOGOSOAIA, Romania (Reuters) - The Romanian far-right presidential candidate at the centre of a Russian electoral meddling scandal turned up at the place he would have voted in on Sunday, saying the Constitutional Court's decision to cancel the ballot was fatal for democracy.
THE shock of a very right-wing Donald Trump winning a second term as President of the United States – that so-called “shining example of democracy” – made me think about what is happening in Malaysia.
TAIPEI: Taiwanese lawmakers tackled and doused each other with water on Friday (Dec 20) as President Lai Ching-te's party tried to block the passage of bills they say could harm the self-ruled island's "democratic system".
LAWMAKERS tackled and doused each other with water as President Lai Ching-te’s party tried to block the passage of Bills they say could harm the self-ruled island’s “democratic system”.
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court on Tuesday (Nov 19) jailed all 45 defendants convicted in the city’s largest trial under its sweeping national security law, with “mastermind” Benny Tai receiving the longest sentence of 10 years.
SOUTH Koreans are apparently some of the harshest people in the world when it comes to their presidents.
Vietnamese authorities arrested a pro-democracy activist, state media said, the latest in a crackdown on political dissidents in the South-East Asian country.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. will prohibit the issuing of visas for about 20 people responsible for "undermining democracy in Georgia," including government ministers, parliament members and security officials, the State Department said on Thursday.
A sudden declaration of martial law in modern Korea is given short shrift by a democracy rooted in a centuries-old principle of putting the people first.
