Thai court dissolves election-winning political party

Bangkok — Thailand’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday to dissolve the opposition Move Forward Party and ban its executives -- including up-and-coming lawmaker Pita Limjaroenrat – from politics for a decade.   The court’s decision is the latest dilution of democracy by the conservative Thai establishment which refuses to cede power to pro-democracy movements, reform advocates say. The nine judges decided that Thailand’s largest parliamentary party should be dissolved and its executives banned...