Thailand's embattled government on Friday in Bangkok offered to sell rice at a huge loss, to shore up Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's support among farmers.
Thailand was having a massive rice stockpile of over 17 million tones.
Reuters reports that this has become necessary as Thai government
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