Thailand on shaky political ground: 5 things to know
BANGKOK -- Stability has been the watchword for once-rival parties in the ruling coalition of Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, even as they spent the past eight months in a precarious triangle of power. But developments in May have resurrected the threat of political turbulence in a country that has seen 13 successful coups and several mass protest movements in the past century.