Thailand’s Generals Promise Reform Amid Skepticism

Inter-Parliamentary Union Secretary-General Martin Chungong delivering keynote address at reform seminar. (Zinlat Aung/VOA News)

Speakers at a government-sponsored panel on reform in Thailand pose for a group photograph. (Zinlat Aung/VOA News)

General Tanasak Patimapragorn, deputy prime minister and foreign minister, welcoming attendees at the "On the Path to Reform" seminar. (Zinlat Aung/VOA News)

Michael Vatikiotis, Asia regional director for the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, during a VOA interview. (Zinlat Aung/VOA News)

Univ. of Michigan associate professor Allen Hicken during a VOA interview. (Zinlat Aung/VOA News)