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Mon 10 Oct 2008Thai king a source of continuity in the midst of political chaos
THAILAND: King Bhumibol attracts cultish devotion from his subjects, writes David McNeillin Bangkok
A YEAR ago Chutima Penpak was just one more face in the crowd in Thailand's choking capital city. Then, on a visit to watch a Lindsay Lohan movie at a Bangkok cinema, the young political science student made a decision that may change her life: she and her boyfriend remained sitting before the opening credits.
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