Thai junta leader and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha visits the Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon as part of his official visit to Myanmar on October 10, 2014
Milan (AFP) - Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha is expected to be greeted by protests Thursday as he makes his first outing on the world stage since seizing power in a military coup in May.
The head of the junta is due in Milan for the ASEM summit of European and Asian leaders to the fury of democracy activists, who have urged the European Union to increase its pressure on the regime.
