Thai king, the world's longest reigning monarch, dead at 88

Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest reigning monarch, has died at the age of 88. On Wednesday, the king was on a ventilator fighting infection after a weekend dialysis treatment. His children rushed to his bedside as his health deteriorated. Crown Prince Vajira¬longkorn, the heir to the throne, flew in from Germany, where he has a residence, and Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, the general in charge of the junta running the country, returned early to Bangkok from a trip outside the capital as the palace announced the monarch's condition was unstable. Hundreds of Bangkok residents converged on the hospital where the king was being treated.
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Source: The Washington Post, Reuters