AdvertisementThai King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun and Queen Suthida put on a brave face as they took the tube as part of the inauguration of a new subway station in Bangkok on Saturday. The King and Queen's visit comes as the country appears divided, with royalists rallying in the streets to cheer on the monarch while pro-democracy protesters raised a Hunger Games three-finger salute at an anti-monarch rally. Some 20 groups called the rally at Bangkok's Democracy Monument under the name 'Mob Fest' as the latest in a series of protests calling for significant reforms in government. The students are calling for an overhaul of the school system, curriculum, strict rules, dress codes and standardised haircuts. Thai authorities deployed 8,000 police to patrol Saturday's protest, which is expected to go until midnight.

Source: Daily Mail November 16, 2020 02:20 UTC