Word: dharmasakti
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...Student Center of Thailand next day in an ornate salon of Government House, the encounter turned into a limping dialogue of mutual incomprehension. Since the students overthrew the military regime last October, they have become the most powerful political force in Thailand, overshadowing the caretaker government of Premier Sanya Dharmasakti. They complained to Tanaka that Japan was exploiting Thai labor, polluting the air and water with wastes from Japanese-owned factories, and generally turning the country into an economic satellite. Even if exaggerated, their concern was based on hard economic reality. Thailand depends on Japan...
...still feel as if I'm dreaming," said Thailand's Premier Sanya Dharmasakti last week. "Give me some time so I can wake up." Sanya's bewilderment was understandable. Three weeks ago, he was hastily installed in the Premier's vacant seat when a revolt of Thai students (TIME, Oct. 29) prompted King Bhumibol Adulyadej to oust and exile General Thanom Kittikachorn, General Praphas Charusathiara and Colonel Narong Kittikachorn-the unpopular military trio that had ruled Thailand. Like most of his countrymen, Sanya, formerly rector of Thammasat University, has only gradually recovered from the shock...
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