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Fast cars, polo and parties: Thai 'High Society' flourishes in unequal kingdom

Thailand reportedly boasts 50 billionaires and is one of the world's most unequal countries. [AFP]

It's polo season in Thailand and teams of jodhpur-clad Argentines and monied Asians gallop onto the flawless field, as spectators spill from a pavilion -- glasses of champagne in hand -- for the final chukka.

The "Sport of Kings" is undergoing an unlikely renewal in Thailand, one of the world's most unequal countries, which goes to the polls on March 24 with the widening wealth gap in sharp focus.

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