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All You Need to Know About the Thai Coup

Existential Struggle?

Is the army restoring order—or just keeping its least favorite political party out of power? From the major players to what they’re fighting about, all the key details out of Bangkok.

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Thailand’s powerful army seized control of the Southeast Asian nation last Thursday, two days after declaring martial law and insisting that the action did not amount to a coup d’état.

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