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Everything We Know About King Rama X Of Thailand
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First TV interview with Thai king - says country is ‘land of compromise’ amid widespread protests
Thousands of Thai royalists have rallied in Bangkok in their biggest show of support for the monarchy so far. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
With the country in turmoil and protestors demanding sweeping reforms - the King - in an exclusive interview with this programme and CNN - has called his country "the Land of Compromise," suggesting there may be a way out of the long running political impasse.
From Bangkok - our foreign affairs correspondent Jonathan Miller reports.
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Thailand's King dumps junior wife in royal family feud | DW News
In a royal drama in Thailand King Maha Vajiralongkorn has removed his junior wife Koi of her titles and military ranks, just three months after her appointment as royal consort. He accuses the royal consort of disloyalty and of seeking to undermine his senior wife, Queen Suthida.
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Why is the monarchy in Thailand targeted? | Inside Story
They've been rallying almost daily for the past month - anti-government protesters led by students are attracting different sectors of Thai society.
Their main demand is a change of the entire political system.
That includes the resignation of former army general now Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha.
Some are calling for what has long been unthinkable; reform of the monarchy
Any criticism of the royal family is an offence that can lead to a long prison sentence.
How likely is political change in Thailand?
Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra
Guests:
Pravit Rojanaphruk - political reporter and columnist for Kaosod English news website
David Streckfuss - Thai historian and author of: 'Truth on Trial in Thailand; Defamation, Treason and Lese- Majeste
Jade Donavanik, Dean of the Graduate School of ...
published: 18 Aug 2020
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Thailand’s youth rebellion and the monarchy - BBC News
For the first time, a mass movement is openly calling for reform of the monarchy in Thailand, shattering a taboo surrounding the royal institution’s near-sacred status.
Influenced by last year’s protests in Hong Kong, young Thais have used social media and drawn on popular culture to outwit the efforts of the Thai police to shut their movement down. An unpopular government has so far been reluctant to use harsh measures against them.
The monarchy has lost much of the reverence it enjoyed under the long reign of King Bhumibol, who died four years ago. His less popular son, King Vajiralongkorn, has alarmed many Thais by accumulating even more power and living overseas. But he is now back in Thailand, meeting royalists and encouraging them to challenge the student-led protests with demons...
published: 18 Jan 2021
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Meet Thailand's New Royal Family After King Maha Vajiralongkorn Was Officially Crowned
Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn was crowned in an elaborate ceremony on Saturday, capping a busy period in which he displayed a different approach from his father since taking the throne more than two years ago.
A budget of 1 billion baht ($31 million) has been approved for the ceremony and two subsequent days of pageantry and royal appearances. The 66-year-old monarch delayed the formal coronation until after a mourning period following the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in October 2016.
The ceremony comes at a tumultuous time in Thailand during which Vajiralongkorn has played a prominent role. He issued statements before and after an inconclusive March election that followed five years of military rule, a rare step in a country where top royals are officially treated as semi-divi...
published: 06 May 2019
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Inside the life of the Thai King who swapped his crown for a crop top | 60 Minutes Australia
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Here’s a regal dilemma to consider: Is it right for a king with 70 million subjects and wealth in excess of 70 billion dollars to be seen frolicking around in a crop top rather than a crown? Many people in Thailand are outraged by the skimpy outfits their monarch, King Vajiralongkorn, loves to wear. And they’re also furious at other aspects of his outlandish lifestyle – his womanising, his alleged brutality and the fact he seems to prefer the crisp air of the Bavarian Alps to the stifling humidity of Bangkok. Tom Steinfort reports that there is also the small matter of Fufu, the pet poodle the king controversially appointed as the Chief Marshall of Thailand’s air force.
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published: 08 Nov 2020
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Thai king's long stays in Germany a headache for Berlin | DW News
Protests against the government and the monarchy have been held in the Thai capital Bangkok today. Protesters are demanding greater accountability from the monarchy after it emerged the king had transferred the crown assets to himself, increasing his wealth enormously. Under pressure, the government has responded by invoking the country’s strict lese majeste laws and charging at least 12 protest leaders with defaming the monarchy. A lot of the anger is directed against the current king Maha Vajiralongkorn who spends most of his time in Germany. His long stays have become a headache for Berlin with the government being questioned by the opposition on whether he actually conducts state business from here. The government has said this would be unacceptable.
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Thai king meets world leaders at APEC summit | AFP
Thai king Maha Vajiralongkorn meets world leaders attending APEC summit in Bangkok. High profile guests include China’s Xi Jinping and U.S.Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Everything We Know About King Rama X Of Thailand
From marrying his bodyguard to flying his own plane and throwing a four-day funeral for his pet poodle, here's everything we know about Thailand's eccentric rul...
From marrying his bodyguard to flying his own plane and throwing a four-day funeral for his pet poodle, here's everything we know about Thailand's eccentric ruler.
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First TV interview with Thai king - says country is ‘land of compromise’ amid widespread protests
Thousands of Thai royalists have rallied in Bangkok in their biggest show of support for the monarchy so far. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
W...
Thousands of Thai royalists have rallied in Bangkok in their biggest show of support for the monarchy so far. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
With the country in turmoil and protestors demanding sweeping reforms - the King - in an exclusive interview with this programme and CNN - has called his country "the Land of Compromise," suggesting there may be a way out of the long running political impasse.
From Bangkok - our foreign affairs correspondent Jonathan Miller reports.
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Thousands of Thai royalists have rallied in Bangkok in their biggest show of support for the monarchy so far. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
With the country in turmoil and protestors demanding sweeping reforms - the King - in an exclusive interview with this programme and CNN - has called his country "the Land of Compromise," suggesting there may be a way out of the long running political impasse.
From Bangkok - our foreign affairs correspondent Jonathan Miller reports.
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- published: 01 Nov 2020
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Thailand's King dumps junior wife in royal family feud | DW News
In a royal drama in Thailand King Maha Vajiralongkorn has removed his junior wife Koi of her titles and military ranks, just three months after her appointment ...
In a royal drama in Thailand King Maha Vajiralongkorn has removed his junior wife Koi of her titles and military ranks, just three months after her appointment as royal consort. He accuses the royal consort of disloyalty and of seeking to undermine his senior wife, Queen Suthida.
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In a royal drama in Thailand King Maha Vajiralongkorn has removed his junior wife Koi of her titles and military ranks, just three months after her appointment as royal consort. He accuses the royal consort of disloyalty and of seeking to undermine his senior wife, Queen Suthida.
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Why is the monarchy in Thailand targeted? | Inside Story
They've been rallying almost daily for the past month - anti-government protesters led by students are attracting different sectors of Thai society.
Their main...
They've been rallying almost daily for the past month - anti-government protesters led by students are attracting different sectors of Thai society.
Their main demand is a change of the entire political system.
That includes the resignation of former army general now Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha.
Some are calling for what has long been unthinkable; reform of the monarchy
Any criticism of the royal family is an offence that can lead to a long prison sentence.
How likely is political change in Thailand?
Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra
Guests:
Pravit Rojanaphruk - political reporter and columnist for Kaosod English news website
David Streckfuss - Thai historian and author of: 'Truth on Trial in Thailand; Defamation, Treason and Lese- Majeste
Jade Donavanik, Dean of the Graduate School of Law at Siam University and a former Adviser to the Constitution Drafting Committee in Thailand
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They've been rallying almost daily for the past month - anti-government protesters led by students are attracting different sectors of Thai society.
Their main demand is a change of the entire political system.
That includes the resignation of former army general now Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha.
Some are calling for what has long been unthinkable; reform of the monarchy
Any criticism of the royal family is an offence that can lead to a long prison sentence.
How likely is political change in Thailand?
Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra
Guests:
Pravit Rojanaphruk - political reporter and columnist for Kaosod English news website
David Streckfuss - Thai historian and author of: 'Truth on Trial in Thailand; Defamation, Treason and Lese- Majeste
Jade Donavanik, Dean of the Graduate School of Law at Siam University and a former Adviser to the Constitution Drafting Committee in Thailand
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- published: 18 Aug 2020
- views: 384669
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Thailand’s youth rebellion and the monarchy - BBC News
For the first time, a mass movement is openly calling for reform of the monarchy in Thailand, shattering a taboo surrounding the royal institution’s near-sacred...
For the first time, a mass movement is openly calling for reform of the monarchy in Thailand, shattering a taboo surrounding the royal institution’s near-sacred status.
Influenced by last year’s protests in Hong Kong, young Thais have used social media and drawn on popular culture to outwit the efforts of the Thai police to shut their movement down. An unpopular government has so far been reluctant to use harsh measures against them.
The monarchy has lost much of the reverence it enjoyed under the long reign of King Bhumibol, who died four years ago. His less popular son, King Vajiralongkorn, has alarmed many Thais by accumulating even more power and living overseas. But he is now back in Thailand, meeting royalists and encouraging them to challenge the student-led protests with demonstrations of loyalty.
The stage is set for a dangerous confrontation between these two factions.
The BBC's Jonathan Head spoke to people on each side.
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For the first time, a mass movement is openly calling for reform of the monarchy in Thailand, shattering a taboo surrounding the royal institution’s near-sacred status.
Influenced by last year’s protests in Hong Kong, young Thais have used social media and drawn on popular culture to outwit the efforts of the Thai police to shut their movement down. An unpopular government has so far been reluctant to use harsh measures against them.
The monarchy has lost much of the reverence it enjoyed under the long reign of King Bhumibol, who died four years ago. His less popular son, King Vajiralongkorn, has alarmed many Thais by accumulating even more power and living overseas. But he is now back in Thailand, meeting royalists and encouraging them to challenge the student-led protests with demonstrations of loyalty.
The stage is set for a dangerous confrontation between these two factions.
The BBC's Jonathan Head spoke to people on each side.
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- published: 18 Jan 2021
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Meet Thailand's New Royal Family After King Maha Vajiralongkorn Was Officially Crowned
Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn was crowned in an elaborate ceremony on Saturday, capping a busy period in which he displayed a different approach from his ...
Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn was crowned in an elaborate ceremony on Saturday, capping a busy period in which he displayed a different approach from his father since taking the throne more than two years ago.
A budget of 1 billion baht ($31 million) has been approved for the ceremony and two subsequent days of pageantry and royal appearances. The 66-year-old monarch delayed the formal coronation until after a mourning period following the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in October 2016.
The ceremony comes at a tumultuous time in Thailand during which Vajiralongkorn has played a prominent role. He issued statements before and after an inconclusive March election that followed five years of military rule, a rare step in a country where top royals are officially treated as semi-divine and above the political fray.
Those comments -- one of which rebuked former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose allies won the most seats in the election -- mark a shift from the style used by Bhumibol during his seven decades on the throne. Vajiralongkorn also gained ownership of Crown Property Bureau assets valued at more than $9 billion, including prime pieces of Bangkok real estate, through legal changes he approved.
Some of the world’s strictest lese majeste laws hinder critical discussion of the monarchy in Thailand, where lengthy prison sentences have been given out in recent years for sharing news articles or social media posts with content deemed offensive. Politicians on all sides are reluctant to speak about the king, and must comply with any of his decrees.
"The military-backed government is highly responsive to the demands of the king," said Kevin Hewison, an emeritus professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "He’s a military man so he’s big on rules and regulations. He’s using legal mechanisms much more than his father. He seems to be legalistic in his approach to kingship."
Before the election, the king rejected his sister Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya’s move to stand as a prime minister candidate for a party linked to Thaksin. In a royal command, Vajiralongkorn said that “the monarch and the royal family members are above politics.” The party, Thai Raksa Chart, accepted the king’s decision, but was later disbanded by a court for hostility toward the constitutional monarchy.
On the eve of the election, Vajiralongkorn released a statement that in effect asked citizens to back good people to govern the nation. Pheu Thai, a party linked to Thaksin, won the most seats but fell short of a majority. It’s vying with a pro-military party carved out of the junta, Palang Pracharath, to form a coalition government.
About a week after the poll, the king revoked Thaksin’s royal decorations because the former prime minister fled Thailand in 2008 after being sentenced to prison. Thaksin has said the case was politically motivated since it was brought after the military ousted him in a 2006 coup, in part for insulting the monarchy.
Thaksin or his allies won the most seats in every election since 2001, only to be unseated from government by the army or the courts, most recently in a coup in 2014. He described the March election as "rigged," although the Election Commission has said it’s found no reasons to invalidate the poll.
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Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn was crowned in an elaborate ceremony on Saturday, capping a busy period in which he displayed a different approach from his father since taking the throne more than two years ago.
A budget of 1 billion baht ($31 million) has been approved for the ceremony and two subsequent days of pageantry and royal appearances. The 66-year-old monarch delayed the formal coronation until after a mourning period following the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in October 2016.
The ceremony comes at a tumultuous time in Thailand during which Vajiralongkorn has played a prominent role. He issued statements before and after an inconclusive March election that followed five years of military rule, a rare step in a country where top royals are officially treated as semi-divine and above the political fray.
Those comments -- one of which rebuked former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose allies won the most seats in the election -- mark a shift from the style used by Bhumibol during his seven decades on the throne. Vajiralongkorn also gained ownership of Crown Property Bureau assets valued at more than $9 billion, including prime pieces of Bangkok real estate, through legal changes he approved.
Some of the world’s strictest lese majeste laws hinder critical discussion of the monarchy in Thailand, where lengthy prison sentences have been given out in recent years for sharing news articles or social media posts with content deemed offensive. Politicians on all sides are reluctant to speak about the king, and must comply with any of his decrees.
"The military-backed government is highly responsive to the demands of the king," said Kevin Hewison, an emeritus professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "He’s a military man so he’s big on rules and regulations. He’s using legal mechanisms much more than his father. He seems to be legalistic in his approach to kingship."
Before the election, the king rejected his sister Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya’s move to stand as a prime minister candidate for a party linked to Thaksin. In a royal command, Vajiralongkorn said that “the monarch and the royal family members are above politics.” The party, Thai Raksa Chart, accepted the king’s decision, but was later disbanded by a court for hostility toward the constitutional monarchy.
On the eve of the election, Vajiralongkorn released a statement that in effect asked citizens to back good people to govern the nation. Pheu Thai, a party linked to Thaksin, won the most seats but fell short of a majority. It’s vying with a pro-military party carved out of the junta, Palang Pracharath, to form a coalition government.
About a week after the poll, the king revoked Thaksin’s royal decorations because the former prime minister fled Thailand in 2008 after being sentenced to prison. Thaksin has said the case was politically motivated since it was brought after the military ousted him in a 2006 coup, in part for insulting the monarchy.
Thaksin or his allies won the most seats in every election since 2001, only to be unseated from government by the army or the courts, most recently in a coup in 2014. He described the March election as "rigged," although the Election Commission has said it’s found no reasons to invalidate the poll.
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Inside the life of the Thai King who swapped his crown for a crop top | 60 Minutes Australia
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Here’s a regal dilemma to consider: Is it right for a king with 70 million subjects and wealth in excess of 70 billion dollars to be seen frolicking around in a crop top rather than a crown? Many people in Thailand are outraged by the skimpy outfits their monarch, King Vajiralongkorn, loves to wear. And they’re also furious at other aspects of his outlandish lifestyle – his womanising, his alleged brutality and the fact he seems to prefer the crisp air of the Bavarian Alps to the stifling humidity of Bangkok. Tom Steinfort reports that there is also the small matter of Fufu, the pet poodle the king controversially appointed as the Chief Marshall of Thailand’s air force.
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Here’s a regal dilemma to consider: Is it right for a king with 70 million subjects and wealth in excess of 70 billion dollars to be seen frolicking around in a crop top rather than a crown? Many people in Thailand are outraged by the skimpy outfits their monarch, King Vajiralongkorn, loves to wear. And they’re also furious at other aspects of his outlandish lifestyle – his womanising, his alleged brutality and the fact he seems to prefer the crisp air of the Bavarian Alps to the stifling humidity of Bangkok. Tom Steinfort reports that there is also the small matter of Fufu, the pet poodle the king controversially appointed as the Chief Marshall of Thailand’s air force.
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- published: 08 Nov 2020
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Thai king's long stays in Germany a headache for Berlin | DW News
Protests against the government and the monarchy have been held in the Thai capital Bangkok today. Protesters are demanding greater accountability from the mona...
Protests against the government and the monarchy have been held in the Thai capital Bangkok today. Protesters are demanding greater accountability from the monarchy after it emerged the king had transferred the crown assets to himself, increasing his wealth enormously. Under pressure, the government has responded by invoking the country’s strict lese majeste laws and charging at least 12 protest leaders with defaming the monarchy. A lot of the anger is directed against the current king Maha Vajiralongkorn who spends most of his time in Germany. His long stays have become a headache for Berlin with the government being questioned by the opposition on whether he actually conducts state business from here. The government has said this would be unacceptable.
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Protests against the government and the monarchy have been held in the Thai capital Bangkok today. Protesters are demanding greater accountability from the monarchy after it emerged the king had transferred the crown assets to himself, increasing his wealth enormously. Under pressure, the government has responded by invoking the country’s strict lese majeste laws and charging at least 12 protest leaders with defaming the monarchy. A lot of the anger is directed against the current king Maha Vajiralongkorn who spends most of his time in Germany. His long stays have become a headache for Berlin with the government being questioned by the opposition on whether he actually conducts state business from here. The government has said this would be unacceptable.
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- published: 25 Nov 2020
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Thai king meets world leaders at APEC summit | AFP
Thai king Maha Vajiralongkorn meets world leaders attending APEC summit in Bangkok. High profile guests include China’s Xi Jinping and U.S.Vice President Kamala...
Thai king Maha Vajiralongkorn meets world leaders attending APEC summit in Bangkok. High profile guests include China’s Xi Jinping and U.S.Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Thai king Maha Vajiralongkorn meets world leaders attending APEC summit in Bangkok. High profile guests include China’s Xi Jinping and U.S.Vice President Kamala Harris.
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