PRESSURE from foreign leaders for Thai democratisation and elections are nothing new for junta chief Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha but his choice of a designer scarf during his visit to London this week captured more public attention than his diplomatic meeting with UK counterpart Theresa May.

Patience is needed for democracy to return to Thailand, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday in an interview with the Voice of America in New York.