this couple landed in the suburb of bangkok. they worry that political instability is harming the economy. their number one concern is the rising cost of flour and other ingredients. prices have gone up nearly 30% in the past year alone. >> translator: we are seriously tired and bored of political confusion and instability. what we want is for politicians to just do their jobs. if reconciliation can be achieved and bring peace to the society, i think the economy will recover, too. >> reporter: independent voters hold the key to the election. people are watching carefully for signs about which direction they will take this divided nation. nhk world, bangkok. >>> according to a recent poll, 52% of the respondents favor the thailand party and the rest favor of democratic party. they say it could trigger violence. voting will take place on july 3rd. we will, of course, bring you regular updates at the situation developing. tomorrow in our second day of special reports, we will discuss some of the changes affecting thai society as a

three-day special edition of our bulletin reporting from bangkok. we will start with an in-depth look at the thai election scheduled for july 3rd. join us then. with that, we are wrap up our bulletin. i'm reporting in bangkok. >>> hello. time for another update on the world's weather. let's go ahead and see what is happening in central china and japan. we have the stretched out frontline bringing more heavy downpours into the weekend. let me show you what has been happening. this was the scene in jinjang on the coast. you can see the torrential rain has come down and demolished a highway here. it has always led to significant flooding across the province. 120,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes. the province's main river is at the highest level since 1955. so flooding and landslides will continue to be an ongoing threat into the weekend. you can see people driving through the flood waters. somebody doing the clever thing and stopping and getting out. it is dangerous to drive through flash floods. let's see what is happening into the weeke

scattered thunderstorms across bangkok. on your saturday, hong kong will see a few showers, too, as will manila. rain also for shanghai. along that front, 26 degrees in chongqing. you're going to stay dry in seoul and tokyo, 26 for both of those cities. now, we head into north america. out to the west, things are mostly dry here. but there is another round of moisture coming. this time down towards the southwest. so actually coming into much of cal, you will see a few showers. a big storm system is pushing up further into canada but those fronts are going to be left behind. go to two of them coming off the system. and it means that we will still see severe weather on friday. actually into saturday around the same area. the great lakes region and up into ontario. thunderstorms, including hail maybe and damaging winds, too, also the ps. now, out to the east we're mostly dry. down in the southeast, this blue you're seeing here is pop-up thunderstorms. very, very hot. and we know why. it's because the jet stream is moving all o

discuss the chinese leaders visit to moscow is joining us on his webcam and joining us live from bangkok in thailand now as we've just been hearing from our reporter there big trade between russia and china and china has in fact replaced germany as russia's number one trade partner do you think that time. russia's economic future is now pointing more than west. and liberals reasons the un quite rightly gets the chair. big energy be truly across the region and we're going to do good relationships resume russia india and china are getting closer and closer and now it's our south africa's close . it looks really great again you reject it so we achieve those. goals the great buyer and russia and china have to meet right of this solution and to supervise the show and i get rich an organization this summit has just ended you know and great to be an observer in soon maybe soon three four years of course it could because i don't remember. that russia and china want to be proud of this solution for us going to stand he cannot be in the hands of the pentagon to solve you ask a great man because we

the last large-scale protests began in bangkok in march 2010. on the 19th of may, the army launched a crackdown and tanks moved in. more than 100 people were killed during the protests. in june 2011, the election campaign in thailand is in full swing, as the prime minister falls behind in the polls. >> it is a very tight race. we have dropped back a little. people are suffering because of high prices. my challenger is new and people are paying more attention to her. >> the red shirts see her as -- see him as a puppet of the military and business elite. his poll numbers have dropped in the run-up to the election. that is due to his opponent. the inexperienced challenger has watched her numbers rise steadily. many in thailand would like to see a woman as prime minister for the first time in the country's history. >> i have never been a politician, but my family is politicians -- my father, my brother, my sister. i think the principles politics, i understand them. >> she has a prominent backer, the former prime minister in exile, her older brother.

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. >>> next we go to our bureau in bangkok. dhra dhirakaosal has the latest on what's going on in the region. >> greetings from the thai capital. in cambodia, a new chapter has begun in efforts to uncover the truth behind the genocide of the regime. four indicted khmer rouge leaders went on trial at a u.n. backed tribunal on monday. the four defendants include pol pot's second in command as well as former deputy prime minister. they're accused of crimes against humanity. the tribunal was set up five years ago by the united nations and the cambodian government. in less than four years in the 1970s, the khmer rouge killed more than 1.5 million people by forced labor and genocide. their tribunal's first day of discussions focus on which witnesses to call. nuan chie left the courtroom after just 50 minutes saying he was dissatisfied with the judicial procedures. another defendant also left claiming poor health. last year the tribunal sentenced the regime's head prison warden to 35 years in jail. some observers are concerned that th

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