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Thailand’s ‘flawed democracy’ ranks 72 out of 167 countries

FILE PHOTO: Police line up outside Government House as protesters from Songkhla province hold a rally demanding authorities halt an industrial park development they say means expropriation of their land and threatens the environment, in Bangkok on Dec 13, 2021. Thailand is still a “flawed democracy” and ranks 72 out of 167 countries, the same level as the year before, according to The Economist’s “Democracy Index 2021”. (AFP)

Thailand is still a “flawed democracy” and ranks 72 out of 167 countries, the same level as the year before, according to The Economist’s “Democracy Index 2021”.

The kingdom ranked below Malaysia (39), Indonesia (52), the Philippines (54) and Singapore (66), but above Vietnam (131), Cambodia (134) and Myanmar (now second to bottom, below North Korea and above only…

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