Thaksin Shinawatra set to return to Thailand — what’s next?
By DW
05 August 2023 |
1:19 pm
Thailand's former prime minister is coming home after 15 years of self-imposed exile. Can he help break the stalemate between progressive parties and junta allies? Or will he make the political crisis worse?
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