Thailand's 88-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest reigning monarch, has shown signs of improvement following treatment for “water on the brain”, the Royal Household Bureau said in a statement on Sunday. The king has been treated for various ailments during a year-long hospitalization in the Thai capital. The king, who celebrated 70 years of his reign on June 9, is seen as a unifying figure in a country that has faced decades of often deadly political upheaval.
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Thailand’s king continues treatment for ‘water on the brain’: palace