Thai parties woo the young

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BANGKOK: Will young people like the ones who turned out on a recent Saturday night to listen to politically hip rappers also make it to the polls for Thailand’s upcoming general election?

The country in which this year’s 7 million eligible first-time voters have grown up has experienced two army coups since 2006, violent political polarisation and a nasty crackdown on freedom of expression by the military clique that has held the reins since a 2014 takeover.

 

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