Thailand’s progressive political party is no more. Courts ordered Move Forward, one of the country’s most popular parties, to disband. Its leaders are also barred from politics for 10 years, striking a heavy blow to Thailand’s youthful reform movement. The World’s Patrick Winn reports from Bangkok.
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