{"id":24361,"date":"2020-11-02T00:26:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T15:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/nov\/01\/thousands-support-thailand-king-maha-vajiralongkorn-bangkok"},"modified":"2020-11-02T00:26:14","modified_gmt":"2020-11-01T15:26:14","slug":"thousands-stage-show-of-support-for-king-of-thailand-in-bangkok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=24361","title":{"rendered":"Thousands stage show of support for king of Thailand in Bangkok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gathering at Grand Palace follows months of protests calling for reform of monarchy<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of royalists have thronged to Bangkok\u2019s Grand Palace for a glimpse of the Thai king, in a massive show of support after months of protests calling for an overhaul of the government and reform of the monarchy.<\/p>\n<p>King Maha Vajiralongkorn sits at the apex of Thai power, his influence permeating every aspect of society. But the once-unassailable institution has faced an unprecedented challenge from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/sep\/20\/thai-protesters-demand-removal-of-pm-call-for-general-strike-after-march-blocked\">growing pro-democracy movement<\/a>, with calls for reforms including an end to draconian royal defamation laws.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/nov\/01\/thousands-support-thailand-king-maha-vajiralongkorn-bangkok\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gathering at Grand Palace follows months of protests calling for reform of monarchyThousands of royalists have thronged to Bangkok\u2019s Grand Palace for a glimpse of the Thai king, in a massive show of support after months of protests calling for an overh&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":206,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,80,93,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-protest","category-thailand","category-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/206"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24362,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24361\/revisions\/24362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}