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The Two Bangkoks: What Chadchart's 2026 Election Landslide Reveals About Power in the Capital
A record 1.44 million votes, on turnout that fell to half the city. A landslide that grew as the electorate shrank. An opposition that swept Bangkok in February and finished third in June. Twenty-two council seats against twenty-eight, and a 120-billion-baht budget to fight over. MCG reads the 2026 Bangkok governor election past the result, to what Chadchart's win reveals about competence over ideology, the limits of a national brand, and how power in the capital actually moves.
Thailand's Anti-Corruption Push and the OECD Clock: Reading the JSCCIB May 2026 Survey
Thailand's private sector named ten state agencies in its first agency-level bribery survey. The Prime Minister called the problem a "stigma." With OECD accession approaching and the Corruption Perceptions Index at its lowest in 19 years, a strategic reading of who is setting the anti-corruption agenda — and what reform will actually look like.