Soldiers stand guard in front of the Democracy Monument after a coup in Bangkok on May 22, 2014. (AP photos)Four years after seizing power, Thailand's junta has a singular success it never hoped for: uniting a politically divided nation in growing dissatisfaction with the thin-skinned rule of the generals. But after repeatedly delaying elections, frustration with the junta and its leader, former army chief Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, is visibly growing. Gen Prayut denies he ever wanted to be prime minister and scoffs at claims he's manoeuvring to stay in power after elections. It'll be among the most direct challenge yet to the junta and possibly the beginning of turmoil to come.

Source: Bangkok Post May 21, 2018 06:45 UTC