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Business Matters: Thailand Mourns Death of King Bhumibol

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14/10/2016 GMT

Thailand Mourns Death of King Bhumibol

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Thailand Mourns Death of King Bhumibol

The monarch had been a pillar of stability, so could there be turbulence ahead?

Thailand mourns the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, their head of state for 70 years and the world's longest-reigning monarch. Do businesses fear a new period of instability?

Thailand mourns the death of its long-serving monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej. He was a major unifying force, so could there be political and economic turbulence ahead? Christian Lewis, from the Eurasia Group, helps us assess the impact.

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(Picture: Thai women react after reading confirmation of the death of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Credit: Borja Sanchez Trillo, Getty Images)

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