Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak gestures during an interview with Reuters at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, September 21, 2015. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha -
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's military seized power last year vowing to halt years of political unrest. Now the junta faces one dividend of its imposed peace: a snowballing backlog of safety and compliance problems within key industries that previous civilian governments failed to tackle.
International scrutiny of industries such as fishing and aviation poses another challenge to a military which has struggled to revitalise Thailand's economy and thaw diplomatic and trade relations with Western countries since its May 2014 coup.
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