video Yingluck confirmed as first female Thai PM
Yingluck Shinawatra has been confirmed as Thailand's first female prime minister after winning a parliamentary vote after her resounding election win last month.
The lower house of parliament voted on Friday to elect Yingluck with 296 of the legislature's 500 members voting in her favour.
"I am excited to start work," she told reporters after the vote. "People will judge whether my work satisfies them and meets their expectations or not."...