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Thailand's cycle of coups tested by hunger strikes and exile
Chalad Worachat, 71, a former parliamentarian, endures his sixth fast outside the Parliament as Thailand fails to break a long cycle of military coups. He criticizes slow democracy progress amid patronage and clashes between traditional values and rising individualism, with Thaksin Shinawatra-linked politics deepening the divide.
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Bangkok
Chalad Worachat
Thailand
Chalad
Marc Saxer
Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung