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Thais Mark New King’s Birthday With Monks, Stamps

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Monks gathered for a mass alms-giving ceremony and glittering commemorative stamps were issued on Friday as Thais marked the 65th birthday of King Maha Vajiralongkorn — his first as monarch of the politically febrile nation. Vajiralongkorn took the throne late last year after the death of his deeply revered father, Bhumibol Adulyadej, who built up … Read more

Thai Palace Official Fired and Stripped of Titles

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A senior member of the personal security retinue of Thailand’s new king has been fired and stripped of his titles, the palace has announced, the latest royal official to publicly fall from grace. Air Vice Marshal Chitpong Thongkum was accused of improperly using his connections to King Maha Vajiralongkorn in a statement published in the … Read more