The Thai political crisis took another farcical turn Tuesday when the courts ruled that Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej must resign because he appears on a television cooking program. Rather than concentrating on serious issues like democratic legitimacy, murder in street fighting between the two opposing factions or trying to find a peaceful and democr…
Cooking up an Absurd Stew in Thailand
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