By the end of last year, one-in-five sub-prime borrowers were in arrears on their home loans.

到去年年底，高达五分之一的次级抵押贷款借款者拖欠房贷。

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There is a danger the decision to ban the prime minister, Somchai Wongsawat, from politics for five years will end up pleasing no one and add to the tensions in an already fractious country.

首相颂猜在5年内被禁止从政，这是一个危险的判决，让各方都感到不快并为这个躁动的国家增添了紧张气氛。

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Rumour has it that the president and the prime minister may delay the introduction of a parliamentary system until the end of the president's five-year term, rather than introduce it before the end of this year, as originally promised.

ECONOMIST: Power politics, Korean-style