Letters between former United States
President Abraham Lincoln and Thai King Mongkut are on display
in a new exhibit at the Queen Sirikit Textile Museum on the grounds
of the Grand Palace thanks to the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok. The
embassy is showcasing 200 years of friendship between the two
countries by putting historic gifts between their heads of state on
display. In one letter from 1861, King…
Earlier this week, a group of Thai
royalist gathered outside the British embassy in the Kingdom of
Thailand to protest against the BBC. They demand that Thailand
expel the BBC’s correspondent based in Thailand, Jonathan Head,
following a recent report relating to the…
The royals who are expected to attend the royal cremation of the late King of Thailand revealed
20th October 2017
Several of the royal houses across the
globe will send representatives to the royal cremation ceremony of
the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej (or Rama IX). It was
confirmed earlier this month that Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of
Belgium would attend the cremation ceremony on 26…
It has been confirmed that His Imperial
Highness, Prince Akishino of Japan and his wife Princess Kiko will
be attending the funerary ceremonies of the late King of Thailand,
King Bhumibol Adulyadej, due to be held from the 26 October.
There they will represent Japan as Thailand and the extended global
community pay their last respects to Thailand’s longest reigning
monarch, and the…
On Wednesday, a man was sentenced to 18
years in prison for insulting the Thai monarchy. The man was, in
late 2015, jailed for posting six videos which allegedly insulted
to the monarchy. The news was first reported by Reuters. The
61-year-old man was arrested back in 2015.
Royal Central reported early last month
that Thailand’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Society had banned
people from contacting three critics of the new King and
government. Since then, CNBC has reported that state control in the
country has strengthened, leading…
King Maha Vajiralongkorn has signed a new
constitutional document in Bangkok with paves the way for a return
to democracy in Thailand while still allowing the army to have an
influential role in politics. The document commits government to
follow the 20-year development plan outlined by the military and
also constrains future elected governments by making them
answerable to an appointed…
The Bangkok Post has released details for
the five day funeral of Thailand’s late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the ceremony will take
place at the end of December from the 25-29, 2017. The death of the
late monarch did not…
The new King Rama X has had quite a
colourful past, and most of this will be hidden from the Thai
people due to their strict lese majeste laws. The then Crown
Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn has been married and divorced three
times and is reportedly due to be married for a…
The funeral pyre for the late Thai King
Bhumibol Adulyadej is expected to be ready before or during the
month of September 2017. King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who was also
called King Rama IX, died on 13 October after many years of ill
health. He was 88-years-old. The Thai government announced on
Monday that construction of the pyre will begin next year. Meetings
of the committee for the royal…
