Thailand King

Backed by a vocal crowd at La Chapelle Arena and watched by Denmark's King Frederik X, Axelsen demolished world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand 21-11, 21-11 in 52 minutes

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty sailed to the semifinals with a straight-game win over Malaysians Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap at the Thailand Open.

A Sunil Chhetri-less India conceded a late goal off a debatable penalty to miss out on their first ever win over higher-ranked Iraq who won via penalty shootout in the King's Cup in Chiang Mai, Thailand on Thursday.

Thailand's jailed former premier Thaksin Shinawatra had his prison sentence cut from eight years to one by the king on Friday, just days after he returned from a decade and a half in exile.

Burger King Thailand launched a new burger on their menu called the 'real meat' burger that has multiple patties inside it.

Burger King Thailand introduced a new burger with no patty inside it - rather, it only had 20 slices of cheese as a filling.

His prison sentence was originally 42 years but the court reduced it following his testimony, his lawyer told AFP.

The Thai king's eldest daughter remained in hospital on Monday and is in a stable condition "at a certain level", the palace said. Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol was taken ill while preparing her dogs for a competition last week.

The Thai king's eldest daughter remained in hospital on Monday receiving support for her heart, lungs, and kidney, according to a palace statement after she collapsed last week.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday overtook Thailand's King to become the world's second-longest reigning monarch in history, after France's Louis XIV.

A dramatic video from Thailand shows a volunteer worker catching a huge king cobra with his bare hands.

In Thailand, any criticism of the monarch - whom some have viewed as semi-divine - is taboo as well as illegal.

Flanked by more than 2,000 oarsmen rowing to a steady drumbeat, Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn travelled down Bangkok's Chao Phraya river as part of a 52-barge flotilla on Thursday, marking the final event of his coronation.

Thousands of civil servants, police and teachers are being sent to a military camp in Thailand for intensive training in community service and loyalty to the monarchy, according to the Royal Palace and interviews with trainees and organisers.

Thailand's king has sacked four royal guards, two of them for "adultery", in a fresh wave of palace purges a week after his royal consort was stripped of all titles for "disloyalty".

Backed by a vocal crowd at La Chapelle Arena and watched by Denmark's King Frederik X, Axelsen demolished world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand 21-11, 21-11 in 52 minutes

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty sailed to the semifinals with a straight-game win over Malaysians Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap at the Thailand Open.

A Sunil Chhetri-less India conceded a late goal off a debatable penalty to miss out on their first ever win over higher-ranked Iraq who won via penalty shootout in the King's Cup in Chiang Mai, Thailand on Thursday.

Thailand's jailed former premier Thaksin Shinawatra had his prison sentence cut from eight years to one by the king on Friday, just days after he returned from a decade and a half in exile.

Burger King Thailand launched a new burger on their menu called the 'real meat' burger that has multiple patties inside it.

Burger King Thailand introduced a new burger with no patty inside it - rather, it only had 20 slices of cheese as a filling.

His prison sentence was originally 42 years but the court reduced it following his testimony, his lawyer told AFP.

The Thai king's eldest daughter remained in hospital on Monday and is in a stable condition "at a certain level", the palace said. Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol was taken ill while preparing her dogs for a competition last week.

The Thai king's eldest daughter remained in hospital on Monday receiving support for her heart, lungs, and kidney, according to a palace statement after she collapsed last week.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday overtook Thailand's King to become the world's second-longest reigning monarch in history, after France's Louis XIV.

A dramatic video from Thailand shows a volunteer worker catching a huge king cobra with his bare hands.

In Thailand, any criticism of the monarch - whom some have viewed as semi-divine - is taboo as well as illegal.

Flanked by more than 2,000 oarsmen rowing to a steady drumbeat, Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn travelled down Bangkok's Chao Phraya river as part of a 52-barge flotilla on Thursday, marking the final event of his coronation.

Thousands of civil servants, police and teachers are being sent to a military camp in Thailand for intensive training in community service and loyalty to the monarchy, according to the Royal Palace and interviews with trainees and organisers.

Thailand's king has sacked four royal guards, two of them for "adultery", in a fresh wave of palace purges a week after his royal consort was stripped of all titles for "disloyalty".