BANGKOK -- Thailand's parliament voted Wednesday to keep junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha as prime minister following the country's return to democracy, five years after he seized power in a military coup.
About 500 of the 750 members of the bicameral National Assembly voted for Prayuth to stay in power. His only rival, billionaire Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, received 244 votes.
