{"id":3019,"date":"2016-10-13T13:09:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T13:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/?p=3019"},"modified":"2016-10-13T13:09:12","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T13:09:12","slug":"thai-king-bhumibol-dies-at-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/2016\/10\/13\/thai-king-bhumibol-dies-at-88\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai king Bhumibol dies at 88"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thailand\u2019s King Bhumibol Adulyadej has died at the age of 88 after a long illness, the palace announced Thursday, ending a remarkable seven-decade reign and leaving a divided people bereft of a towering and rare figure of unity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-quote fb_iframe_widget\">\u201cAlthough the team of doctors treated him to the best of their ability, his condition deteriorated,\u201d the Royal Household Bureau said in a statement.<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAt 15:52 (0852 GMT) he died at Siriraj Hospital peacefully.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before 7 pm local time, all Thai television stations switched to a special announcement that began with black and white photographs of the king.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"media_1\" class=\"jw_media_holder jwMediaContent alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/en.prothom-alo.com\/contents\/cache\/images\/400x0x1\/uploads\/media\/2016\/10\/13\/400xNx7bcab15971847c2218175fa7e231c483-thai-king-.jpg.pagespeed.ic.rM_6XrZ7Hf.jpg\" alt=\"thai king-\" width=\"400\" \/><\/span>A man, dressed in a black suit and shirt, read out the same statement that was published minutes earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The king\u2019s death plunges Thailand into a deeply uncertain future.<\/p>\n<p>Most Thais have known no other monarch and Bhumibol has been a unifying figure in an otherwise deeply polarised nation.<\/p>\n<p>His 64-year-old son, Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, is his named successor.<\/p>\n<p>Bhumibol\u2019s death is a major test for the country\u2019s generals, who seized power in 2014 vowing to restore stability after a decade of political chaos, a turbulent period exacerbated by the king\u2019s declining health as jostling elites competed for power.<\/p>\n<p>The military has deep links with the palace and many inside the kingdom saw the putsch as a move to ensure generals could stamp down on any instability during succession.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thailand&rsquo;s King Bhumibol Adulyadej has died at the age of 88 after a long illness, the palace announced Thursday, ending a remarkable seven-decade reign and leaving a divided people bereft of a towering and rare figure of unity. &ldquo;Although the team of doctors treated him to the best of their ability, his condition deteriorated,&rdquo; the Royal Household Bureau said in a statement. &ldquo;At 15:52 (0852 GMT) he died at Siriraj Hospital peacefully.&rdquo; Shortly before 7 pm local time, all Thai television stations switched to a special announcement that began with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3019"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3021,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3019\/revisions\/3021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}