New Coalition in Thailand Challenges Military Rule After Election

As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. Thais voted overwhelmingly for change on Sunday, but the military-appointed Senate could still block the opposition’s nomination for prime minister. The two opposition parties that won the largest share of the vote in Thailand’s general election over the weekend said on Monday that they had agreed to form a coalition government. It remained unclear, however, whether the ruling junta would hand over power easily. The results of the election were a stinging...