Thailand's new cabinet in the spotlight

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Updated December 23, 2008 12:38:16

Thailand's new 36-member cabinet includes 24 ministers serving in government for the first time. Some fear it lacks the experience to repair the economic damage done by months of protests and the global financial crisis. Meanwhile foreign minister Kasit Piromya has been criticised for his ties to the People's Alliance for Democracy, which led last month's airport blockade.

Presenter: Zulfikar Abbany
Thitinan Pongsudhirak, political analyst, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok

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