Today is a major day in Thailand's political calendar, as Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will apply to join the United Thai Nation (UTN) party at a grand event later in the day, where he will also be formally introduced as a party member.
Over the past eight years in which he has served as PM -- longer than some of his elected predecessors -- he maintained that he was a soldier, not a politician. But by the end of the day, Gen Prayut won't be able to deny that he has joined the politicians' ranks.
