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...Still, as much class resentment as the reds have harnessed, it's not clear how Thailand will move forward from a seemingly never-ending cycle of red and yellow protest. "It's a deadlocked situation," says Sompop Manarungsan, another Chulalongkorn economist. Plenty of Thais are fed up with both political factions and just want a government that isn't constantly stuck in crisis mode. Abhisit has offered dialogue with the red shirts' leaders, but no amount of talking over the past four years has resulted in any political conciliation. Equally distressing for Thais, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, often considered an arbiter...
...region's most welcoming destinations for overseas investment. At the same time, the government is clamping down on the thousands of foreigners who work in Thailand without proper permits. "Given the strong regional competition for foreign investment, Thailand should be sending a message that we welcome foreigners," says Sompop Manarungsan, an economist at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. "Instead, we're doing the opposite...
...false rumors," Thirachai says. But with the SET index down this year by nearly 25%, some fear the attempt to muzzle market buzz will only scare off institutional investors and make matters worse. "The problem is that information, the media, is too tightly controlled by the government," says Sompop Manarungsan, an economics professor at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, "so rumor fills the vacuum." Information yearns to be free...
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