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Exclusive: Pheu Thai are getting ready to call foul – Thai Finance Minister Korn

By Andrew Spooner Sat, Jun 18, 2011 2:59PM UTC View Comments

This is the second part of an interview I conducted with Thailand’s incumbent Finance Minister, Korn Chatikavanij last week at the Thai Ministry of Finance in Bangkok. In this we focus on questions of policy and the key areas and differences between the Democrat and Pheu Thai platforms. Korn had some particularly strong words to...

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Abhisit concedes Democrats are behind Puea Thai

By Bangkok Pundit Thu, Jun 16, 2011 12:00PM UTC View Comments

Abhisit in an interview with Reuters: In an interview with Reuters, he dismissed Yingluck as simply a “new face” and political novice with impractical policies who would be a proxy for her brother. “Yingluck is new on the scene. You always get a bit of a bounce … and the media always responds to a...

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Abhisit V Korn: Two completely contradictory interviews

By Andrew Spooner Wed, Jun 15, 2011 1:45PM UTC View Comments

Earlier today I published an interview with acting Thai Finance Minister, Korn Chatikavanij. In this exchange AFM Korn is pretty straight forward and clear about where his Democrat Party are in the polls – “we’re doing terribly”. Also, when I suggested to him it now looked very obvious that The Democrats weren’t going to win...

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Exclusive: We’re doing terribly in polls – Thai Finance Minister Korn

By Andrew Spooner Wed, Jun 15, 2011 9:17AM UTC View Comments

Thai Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij. Pic: AP.

This is my second interview with Thailand’s now acting Finance Minister, Korn Chatikavanij. The first took place in Government House back in February amid a completely different set of circumstances with FM Korn and the Abhisit Vejjajiva-led Democrat Party government still firmly in power. On that occasion FM Korn appeared supremely relaxed. This time he...

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Thailand: Where serfs dine with nobles

By Siam Voices Mon, May 09, 2011 2:41PM UTC View Comments

By Dan Waites An amusing squabble broke out on Facebook over the weekend between Thai Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij and red-shirt leader Natthawut Saikua. It concerned dinner. On Saturday night, Korn posted the following on his Facebook page (my translation): Just now I ate with my wife at a restaurant in the Thong Lor area....

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