Thailand’s Urban-Rural Divide

Thailand’s middle class and opposition groups managed to kick their prime minister out of office. But will this end the political crisis afflicting the Land of Smiles?

September 16, 2008

IN Thailand, as in Indonesia, democracy sometimes can be a bitter experience. In Bangkok, hundreds of people who had been camped out for two weeks at Government House demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, finally got their wish last week. When the Constitutional Court found him guilty of abusing his position by getting paid for appearing in a cooking show on television, Samak lost a no-confidence vote in parliament. He i

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