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Based on 10 verified sources covering Myanmar, Thailand:

PoliticsRapper-turned-mayor Shah's party set to prevail in Nepal election Voters weary of status quo opt for change with new centrist group Balendra Shah, a rapper-turned-politician and the prime ministerial candidate for the Rastriya Swatantra Party... [1]

PoliticsEx-rapper set to become Nepal's youngest PM after landslide polls All eyes on direction of Himalayan nation's future ties with India, US and China Balendra Shah, a rapper-turned-politician and the prime ministerial candidate for the Rastriya ... [2]

AFP Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah unseated former Nepal prime minister KP Sharma Oli in his own constituency, Election Commission data showed Saturday, with his party also seemingly headed for a landslide victory nationally. [3]

Brabim Karki is a businessman based in Nepal. He writes for The Independent, The Globe and Mail, the South China Morning Post and The Straits Times, among others. [4]

KATHMANDU -- A rapper-turned mayor with a massive social-media following, a TV host-turned politician who vaulted his party into a powerful spot as the fourth-largest group in parliament in the last general election and a former head of the state pow... [5]

Brahma Chellaney, a professor of strategic studies at the independent New Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research and fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin, is the author of nine books, including "Water: Asia's New Battleground," which won the ... [6]

A rapper turned politician, Balendra Shah, popularly known as Balen, looks set to become Nepal's next prime minister. [7]

By THE IRRAWADDY Friday, October 7, 2011 By THE IRRAWADDY Friday, October 7, 2011 By THE IRRAWADDY Friday, October 7, 2011 By THE IRRAWADDY Friday, October 7, 2011 [8]

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