Thailand's newly elected senate has been approved by the country's electoral commission, after being delayed due to an investigation into complaints of an undemocratic process. The outgoing military-appointed senate reached the end of its five-year term in May 2024. 

The courts in Thailand have also set the next hearing dates for several cases involving high-profile politicians.

Guest: Kevin Hewison, the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Contemporary Asia and Professor of Asian Studies at the University of North Carolina