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Article: THE KING OF THAILAND: Bhumidol Adulyadej.
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- Business Asia
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- October 19, 1998
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A monarch for the people
"A successful monarch must become a living symbol of the country. He must change with the country, but at the same time keep the spirit of the country" -- The King of Thailand, 1982
Few people can name a Thai Prime Minister, even citizens of Thailand itself. There have been so many of them and they have done so little that is good or memorable that their names are quickly forgotten.
But one political fact universally known about Thailand, or Siam as it used to be known, is that for 50 years it has had a great and good king - Bhumibol Adulyadej.
He is not known as anything like the king in the Broadway and ...