Troubled Thailand Moves Toward Stability, A Boon To Investors, As Voters OK Constitution

This political shift is hardly Taiwan’s switch from authoritarianism to democracy in the 1980s or end to quasi-military rule for Myanmar in 2012. But on Sunday voters in Thailand approved a constitution allowing a measure of civilian authority to the Southeast Asian country run by a military junta since 2014. The new setup also gives military leaders final say in government decisions. The vote on the constitution, the junta’s first obvious measure of democracy and the second plebiscite in Th...