BANGKOK -- Thailand will hold its first upper house election since a 2014 military coup next month, marking a milestone in the transition back to full civilian rule even as the economy sputters.
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Thai Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha led a 2014 coup, later becoming prime minister under the military junta. © Reuters
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