Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit. Photo: AP
This Week in Asia /  Politics

A week before Thailand’s parliament opens, Future Forward’s Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit launches uphill bid to be prime minister

  • The youthful Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit put his name forward for the top job this week, but with mounting legal woes, a lack of consensus among anti-junta parties, and the scales tipped in the military’s favour, his move is seen as ‘symbolic’
Topic |   Thailand
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Updated: 9:00am, 18 May, 2019

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Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit. Photo: AP
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