Programs that Keep Thailand’s North in Thaksin Camp
The glue that has kept Thailand’s rural dwellers firmly cemented to the camp of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party is an extensive social uplift program that has been crucial over the past month as deadly demonstrations swept through Bangkok again.
Suthep Thaugsuban, the former Democrat Party vice premier leading the protests, saw…
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