Thai Junta Names an Aging and Conservative Cabinet

Prayuth Chan-ocha, the army general who led the May 22 coup that put democracy out of business in Thailand, has given the impression that his regime is much more determined and radical than its military predecessors such as that led by Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin, who overthrew Thaksin Shinawatra’s elected government in 2006.

But the cabinet announced by Pr…