Bhumibol Adulyadej – Asia Times

Calls to curb crown’s writ put Thailand on edge

by Matthew Wheeler December 20, 2020December 23, 2020

BANGKOK – At a small, rain-soaked pro-democracy rally in Thailand’s north-eastern city of Nakhorn Ratchasima in early October, three young women staged a performance entitled “Who Killed the People?” Appearing first as a trio of anonymous figures bound together by tangled cords, through silent dance and mime their roles emerged: monarch, military and people. In […]

AT Finance, Thailand

Statesman’s death ends a royal era in Thailand

by Shawn W. Crispin May 26, 2019February 18, 2020

Thailand's Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn. Photo: Reuters / Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Thailand

How Thailand’s Rama X will be crowned

by Richard S Ehrlich May 3, 2019February 18, 2020

Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn (C) in a sacred funeral procession for his father, late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, in Bangkok on October 26, 2017.
Photo: AFP/Anthony Wallace

AT Finance, Thailand

How stable is post-cremation Thailand?

by Shawn W. Crispin December 6, 2017February 18, 2020

The main edifice of the cremation site for Thailand's late king Bhumibol Adulyadej is surrounded by a shallow pool. Photo: AFP/ Roberto Schmidt

AT Finance, South Asia, Thailand

Otherworldly send-off for revered Thai king

by Richard S Ehrlich October 21, 2017February 18, 2020

A 'Red Shirt' supporter holds a picture of of ousted former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra while waiting for the verdict in a negligence trial involving Yingluck at the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, September 27, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Middle East, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Yingluck’s conviction resets Thailand’s politics

by Shawn W. Crispin September 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Then Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is given a briefing on various weaponry by then army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha during a visit to the army headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, 14 December 2011. Photo: Bangkok Post via AFP/Chanat Katanyu

AT Finance, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, Thailand

Yingluck’s flight reinforces Thai military rule

by Shawn W. Crispin September 19, 2017February 18, 2020

People walk past a portrait of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun and the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at a department store in central Bangkok, Thailand, January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Germany, Thailand, World

New reign takes hold in Thailand

by Shawn W. Crispin January 25, 2017February 18, 2020

The politics of shopping

by Pepe Escobar December 13, 2005June 22, 2020

The King steps in

by Pepe Escobar December 7, 2005June 22, 2020

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