Opinion

Thailand in grip of dramatic scenes it does little to prevent

By Michael Ruffles
July 12 2018 - 12:00am

Thailand loves a drama; the usually chaotic streets have been known to go quiet when a particularly juicy lakorn TV serial reaches its zenith. As the Melbourne Cup stops this nation, the climax of a six-part historical epic about a negligent mother’s descent into gambling and adultery will captivate the country, and woe betide any lowly prime minister who interrupts what feels like the third hour of her dying from syphilis for such trivial matters as national security announcements.

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