In Thailand, Concerns Mount Over King's Health

Concern is mounting in Thailand about the condition of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who has reigned since 1946.  His youngest child, Princess Chulabhorn, made an unusual public appeal last week for recitations of the Buddhist Pochangkaparitra healing prayer for her 87-year-old father, who has spent much of the past several years in a hospital in the capital. King Bhumibol, also known as Rama IX, last appeared in public earlier this month when he briefly left his suite inside Siriraj...

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