Ex-Thai PMs Yingluck, Thaksin still popular in hometown

An enlarged photo of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra decorates a wall at a restaurant in his hometown of San Kamphaeng in Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand, as seen on Aug. 26, 2017. Thaksin, who lives in exile, and his younger sister Yingluck, also a former prime minister, remain immensely popular in the district despite both having been ousted from office. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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