BANGKOK -- Ask a Thai film director, artist, performer or author about the realities of their industry and it is never long before the conversation turns to the issue of state support, or lack of it.
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New Thai PM spearheads economy-orientated 'soft power' drive
Paetongtarn Shinawatra has promised a creative boom, but critics point to daunting bureaucracy and confusing vision
Art and food are key pillars of Thailand's soft-power push backed by new Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, pictured here at a Bangkok forum in June that showcased the government's vision. (Source photos Thai Ministry of Commerce, Getty Images)
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