[#item_full_content] Anutin Charnvirakul, a veteran politician best known for successfully lobbying to decriminalize cannabis in Thailand, became the country’s prime minister after receiving a royal endorsement Sunday. Anutin, 58, succeeds Paetongtarn Shinawatra of the Pheu Thai Party, who was dismissed last week after being found guilty of ethics violations over a politically compromising phone call with neighboring Cambodia’s Senate President Hun Sen. Read More
