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Thai Rubber Farmers Threaten Intensified Protests as Government Rejects Demands

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Rubber farmers in Thailand on Tuesday threatened to intensify protests as the government rejected their calls for Bangkok to buy their produce at prices higher than the market value. A group of rubber farmers, fluctuating in size between 200 and 300, were continuing to block a main road with trees and trucks after gathering on Monday in the Bang-saphan district, around 190 miles south of Bangkok, police said. The move has, so far, not affected output or shipments from the ...

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