ChinesePod News (March 28, 2019)

The official outcome of Thailand’s national election last Sunday will not be announced until May 9. Preliminary results indicate a surprise lead for the ruling military party. However, the country’s main opposition party, Pheu Thai, says that it has formed a 255-strong coalition. The alliance would comprise a majority in the 500-member lower house of parliament and could prevent the military junta from returning to power.

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This ChinesePod Today news broadcast includes the following vocabulary:

结盟: to form an alliance
掌权: to exercise control
出炉: to appear on stage
推翻: to overturn
明朗: clear; obvious

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