"King Rama IX"

The government will hold activities on December 5 to commemorate the birthday of late King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great and to celebrate National Father’s Day under new normal standards to prevent Covid-19 from spreading, permanent secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office Theerapat Prayoonsit said on Wednesday.

The Royal Household Bureau has revealed a mock-up of King Rama IX Memorial Park, or Nang Loeng Public Park, under the royal initiative of His Majesty King Rama X and Her Majesty the Queen. The 279-rai public park in the heart of Bangkok is expected to be completed in 2024.

Remembering King Rama IX

The Bureau of the Royal Household on Saturday allowed people to worship the statues of previous Kings of Thailand enshrined in Bangkok’s Grand Palace, to mark the birthday of the beloved late monarch King Rama IX.

An outdoor visual extravaganza is being held daily to commemorate the birthday of much-loved monarch, King Rama IX, in the compound of the Defence Ministry in Bangkok’s Phra Nakhon district.

The government has announced that the first six days of December will be observed as special days in memory of the beloved late monarch King Rama IX.

Alumni associations from Bangkok Christian College, Suankularb Wittayalai School, Assumption College and Debsirin School brought up to 800 students and school staff together on Monday morning to pay obeisance to His Majesty King Rama IX.

In remembrance of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great (King Rama IX), Thais all over the country give alms to monks in merit-making ceremonies to celebrate late King’s birthday on December 5, which is also National Father’s Day.

The birthday of His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great is being commemorated all this week at his namesake park in southeast Bangkok.

Up in the Northern province of Phayao, a well-tended vineyard called Baan Suan Dok is yielding some of sweetest seedless grapes in the country and drawing visitors from near and far to taste the fruit and relax in the charming surroundings.

A giant clock highlighting only the number “9" to commemorate the memory of His Majesty King Maha Bhumibol Adulyadej was installed on Saturday in front of the dome of the Bang Sue grand railway station construction site.

The Faculty of Medicine at Siriraj Hospital on Sunday organised a sombre commemoration event on the second anniversary of the passing of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej.