泰国国会上星期四举行选举，750名上下议院议员投选新一任首相。深受年轻人支持的前进党党魁，也是唯一的首相候选人披塔以63票之差，无法出任首相。泰国国会本星期还会进行第二次和第三次首相选举，这个改革派领袖有没有首相命？泰国的改革力量将何去何从？

这期的早报播客《东谈西论》，听主持人韩咏红和《联合早报》国际新闻组主任吴汉钧详细解析。

延伸阅读：

• 社论：泰国政治国体之争
• 披塔距离首相之位越来越远

纵观天下，监测中国心跳，由《联合早报》副总编辑韩咏红主持的国际时事播客《东谈西论》，每周探讨国际热点话题，分析国际时政动态。每逢星期二新加坡时间晚上 7 时更新。

Last Thursday, Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader of the Move Forward party that emerged as the biggest winner in Thailand’s general election in May, failed in his first bid to be the nation’s next prime minister.

Under his leadership, the Move Forward party has become the largest party in the House of Representatives. His alliance of eight parties controls 312 seats in the 500-member House of Representatives. However, he needs the support of the Upper House Senate to reach the minimum 375 combined Parliament votes to secure premiership. 

Pita will attempt a second time to become Thailand’s prime minister this week. Will the reformist leader succeed? What is the future of Thailand's reform movement? In this episode of Global Heartbeat podcast, Lianhe Zaobao’s Second Foreign Editor (Southeast Asia) Ng Hon Kuan shares his perspectives. 

Hosted by Lianhe Zaobao’s Associate Editor, Han Yong Hong, Global Heartbeat is a Mandarin weekly news and current affairs podcast that is updated every Tuesday, 7.00 PM SGT. It is available on zaobao.sg, Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast platforms.

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