Chulalongkorn, King (Rama V)
(1853–1910), Siamese monarch. King Chulalongkorn, also known as Rama V, was the fifth king of the Chakri dynasty and ruled from 1868 until his death in 1910. He suc...
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Chulalongkorn (1853-1910) was king of Thailand from 1868 to 1910. When Thailand was seriously threatened by Western colonialism, his diplomatic policies averted colonial domination and his domestic re...
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Bangkok (dpa) - The German city of Bad Homburg - famed for its hot
springs and mineral-water cures - this week inaugurated its second
Thai pavilion in commemoration of a roy...
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Bangkok (dpa) - Thai Queen Sirikit departed Monday for a nine-day
visit to Russia as the official representative of her husband, King
Bhumibol Adulyadej, to commemorate the ...
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Bangkok (dpa) - Thai Queen Sirikit departed Monday for a nine-day
visit to Russia as the official representative of her husband, King
Bhumibol Adulyadej, to commemorate the ...
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BANGKOK, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Thailand's parliament elected
pugnacious right-winger Samak Sundaravej prime minister on
Monday as the country returns to representative, civilian
government after a bl...
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Bangkok (dpa) - Thailand's military has requested a special 24 per
cent budget increase equivalent to half a billion dollars to tackle
the increasingly violent insurgency in...
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Bangkok (dpa) - Thailand's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the
death sentence for a gynaecologist accused of murdering his wife and
slicing up her body six years ago.
...
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Authorities in Singapore on Friday banned a gay rights forum at which a retired Canadian law professor was to speak, the second time in a week the city-state has forbidden an event that touches on ...
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Bangkok (dpa) - Thai pro-democracy activists on Friday launched a
signature campaign to abolish a controversial new internal security
bill pushed through by the military-ins...
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Princess Galyani Vadhana, the elder sister of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, died Wednesday, the royal palace announced. She was 84 years old.Galyani's death came as the 80-year-old king himse...
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BANGKOK, Jan 28 (Reuters) - An academic book critical of
Thailand's 2006 military coup and raising questions about the
political role of the monarchy has been banned, police said on
Monday, the la...
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