Thailand's latest Shinawatra PM walks the same economic, political tightrope

BANGKOK -- After almost a year of comparative calm, the world of Thai politics erupted into turmoil last week, with Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin evicted by a bombshell court ruling.

Whether that turmoil persists depends on how his successor, a 37-year-old heiress with no previous government experience but with a famous name, negotiates the minefield of economic and political uncertainties in a country that only last year returned to civilian government, following nearly a decade of military rule.