ChinesePod Today: Thai King Wedded General Days Before Coronation (simp. character)
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ChinesePod Today (May 03, 2019)

Just days before his official coronation, King Maha Vajiralongkorn married the deputy head of his personal security detail, General Suthida Vajiralongkorn Na Ayudhya and crowned her Queen Suthida. The surprise announcement was published in the Royal Gazette. Footage from their wedding ceremony was broadcasted on the Royal News segment across all Thai channels.

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NOTE: This video features SIMPLIFIED characters, which are used in Mainland China. For viewers studying the form of written Chinese used in Hong Kong and Taiwan (traditional), the traditional-character version of this story (alongside all others of ChinesePod Today) is available at https://youtu.be/lQKE_SIyQfA

This ChinesePod Today news broadcast includes the following vocabulary:

登基 to enthrone
册封 to confer a title
加冕 coronation
继位 accession
拔擢 to promote


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