Srettha Thavisin, who helped build a family real-estate business into an empire worth $880 million, doesn't want to be prime minister in a coalition government with military leaders
Pita Limjaroenrat, a product of Harvard and MIT, represents the Move Forward Party, which supports almost $20 billion for universal benefits paid for by downsizing the military
But reforming the monarchy gives Anand Panyarachun pause, a position held by more than 60% of Thais who were respondents in a recent survey
Growing discontent with the military-backed government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha could determine the choices of the Washington’s approach in the future
King Rama V opened the nation’s first full hospital in 1888, then sent a son to Harvard to study medicine and public health; today, Thailand is well-equipped and prepared for outbreaks, experts say
Analysts say any coalition created after March 24 vote will be precarious, in part because rules on forming new government ensure power for current, military-backed junta
Prayut Chan-o-cha, the general who ousted a democratically elected government in a 2014 coup, sees ties improving between the two nations, and he described the U.S. president as friendly, saying the two men are change leaders
