Thailand culture & history

3 MAY 2019

Thai king: Rare footage of 1926 coronation

The 1926 coronation of King Prajadhipok in Thailand marked the first time such a ceremony had ever been captured on film

25 APRIL 2019

Sacred Kingship under King Narai of Ayutthaya: Divinisation and Righteousness
This article analyses the system of sacred monarchy that maintained during the reign of King Narai of Ayutthaya (r. 1656-1688) in terms of a set of concepts designed to elucidate the relationship between religion and politics more generally in the pre-modern world

24 MARCH 2014

Thailand’s turbulent political history

Here is a brief look at two turbulent decades in Thai politics