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Cheer up, Thailand! Junta aims to return happiness

By Todd Pitman
Published June 7, 2014 12:05pm ET
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Cheer up, Thailand! Junta aims to return happiness
In this June 4, 2014 photo, Thai soldiers hold a horse on display at an event organized by soldiers called "Return Happiness to the People" at Bangkok's Victory Monument, Thailand. The military junta that seized power here last month has no plans to return power to the people any time soon. But it has launched an official campaign to bring back something else this divided nation desperately needs - happiness. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong) | Apichart Weerawong

BANGKOK (AP) — Cheer up, Thailand. That’s an order.

The military junta that seized power here last month has no plans to restore civilian rule any time soon. But it has launched an official campaign to bring back something else it says this divided nation desperately needs — happiness.

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