Bangkok – Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej returned to hospital just one day after being discharged to the royal residence in Bangkok, local media reported Monday. King Bhumibol, 82, left hospital Saturday after a stay of five and a half months, but returned early Sunday. Neither the palace nor the government issued any statement about his […]
BANGKOK – THAILAND’S ‘red shirt’ movement will hold a week-long protest in Bangkok from mid-February, one of its leader said on Thursday, taking aim at unelected elites it says have long dominated the country’s political landscape. Although the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) would continue targeting advisers to the country’s revered monarchy, it […]
BANGKOK, Dec 11 (TNA) – Cambodian king Norodom Sihamoni on Friday pardoned a Thai engineer sentenced seven years in Cambodian jail for espionage charge, government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said on Friday. Mr Khieu told international media that Prime Minister Hun Sen had requested the royal pardon for the Thai national on Thursday and King Sihamoni […]
There was nothing gentle about the racing or the conditions on the 23rd Phuket King’s Cup courses today as the international fleet fought for podium finishes across the 11 divisions. Hiked out hard on the rail the racing divisions completed two windward/leeward races while the cruiser/racers completed one triangle course. The stars of the day […]
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) — Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej greeted well-wishers in Bangkok today to celebrate his 82nd birthday, his third public appearance since he was hospitalized 11 weeks ago for symptoms of pneumonia. National television showed the world’s longest-reigning monarch, who bypassed an annual birthday speech and other events because of the illness, leaving the […]
BANGKOK, Dec 4 (TNA) – Thai people from all walks of life on Friday flocked into Bangkok’s old city area to join the grand celebrations and admire the illuminated historic buildings and areas in the capital on the auspicious occasion of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 82nd birthday anniversary, December 5. This year is seeing […]
King leaves hospital to preside over ceremony His Majesty the King left the hospital on Saturday to drive through the streets and grant an audience on his 82nd birthday. Tens of thousands of subjects lined the streets to see His Majesty and members of the royal family as they drove from Siriraj Hospital to Chitrlada […]
The birthday celebrations of King Bhumibol Adulyadej are muted this year as the king remains in hospital recovering from pneumonia. Instead of hearing his annual speech and watching the king’s inspection of the glittering trooping of the colour, his loving subjects are worrying about his – and their nation’s – health. More than 1.2 million […]
