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NYT: Thailand and the Coup Trap – The New York Times Op-Ed Contributors By FORREST E. COOKSON and TOM F. JOEHNK – BANGKOK — Fifteen billion dollars. That’s roughly the price tag of the coup d’état to date. And it’s the difference between the Thai economy, Southeast Asia’s second-biggest, stagnating, as it is now, or its chugging along at 4 percent, its average growth rate since 2001. When a group of generals led by Prayuth Chan-ocha toppled the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra last May, their political agenda was clear: They wanted to quell a mounting ...
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 15:27:19 +0000

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