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Norwegian-Thai Memories, NATION
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The Nation (Thailand)
07-13-1998
Gold, Silver and copper-nickel medallions have been struck for a joint
Thai-Norwegian issue commemorating the 90th anniversary of the unique visit
of King Chulalongkorn to Norway.
On July 12, 1907, King Chulalongkorn went where no Asian monarch had
gone before -- or has since --to the North Cape, the barren promontory,
which at more than 71 degrees latitude North, is the northernmost point
of both Norway a...
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Swedes mark Thai king's 1897 visit, NATION
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; Pakamas Jaichalard The Nation (Thailand) 10-19-2004 URL: httpwww.nationmultimedia.com/ In a small village in northern Sweden, there is a road named after Thailand's King Chula-longkorn. It marks his visit to the village more than 100 years ago. During a recent trip to Sweden, Ministry of Culture
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; Pakamas Jaichalard The Nation (Thailand) 10-20-2004 URL: httpwww.nationmultimedia.com/ The Fine Arts Department is hoping to promote Kung Chulalongkorns Vag - or King Chulalongkorn Road - in northern Sweden as an educational and cultural attraction. The road in the community of Ragunda was named
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; THANONG KHANTHONG The Nation (Thailand) 01-28-2000 IN the late 19th century, old Siam under King Chulalongkorn confronted a threat from European imperialism. The King had to find a way to guard independence, while resisting European ambitions for political and commercial gains.As Anand Panyarachun,
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Gift sword a state treasure
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; Tunku Ismail Jewa New Straits Times 02-17-2005 Gift sword a state treasure Byline: Tunku Ismail Jewa Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2* Section: Letters Type: Letter I WAS quite concerned to know from "Bits of history up for online sale" (NST, Feb 13) that a sword which was a gift from King Chulalongkorn,
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(book review)
Pacific Affairs
; CULTURE AND POWER IN TRADITIONAL SIAMESE GOVERNMENT. By Neil A. Englehart. Ithaca (New York): Southeast Asia Program Publications. 2000. 130 pp. US$14.00, paper: ISBN 0-87727-135-6. This book introduces a very important and largely neglected aspect of Thai studies, that of culture and power. It
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NEW TRADITIONS/Fighting 'wolves' by donning their 'clothing', NATION
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; ... nation-religion-monarch) perhaps adapting it from Great Britain's injunction to its citizens to serve ''God, King and Country''. In February 1912, news reached the king that a group of junior army officers were plotting a coup d'etat; two factions wanted to depose him and instal ...
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Crazy cop back in circulation
The Independent - London
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`Anna and the King' depicts flaws in accent
New Straits Times
; Tunku Ismail Jewa New Straits Times 01-18-2000 `Anna and the King' depicts flaws in accent Byline: Tunku Ismail Jewa Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2* Section: Letters Type: Letters RECENTLY, I went to see Anna and the King at a local cinema and found that the Thai language spoken by the main characters
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