Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej was finally forced out of office not by protests but by the Courts:

Samak, 73, a self-proclaimed foodie, hosted a popular television cooking show — ”Tasting and Complaining” — for seven years before becoming prime minister. But he also made several appearances after taking office, breaking a constitutional prohibition on private employment while in office.

This isn’t the end of Thailand’s political problems b a long shot, and they still have an active insurgency in the South.

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