FILE PHOTO: A group of Thai royalists carry portraits of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, Queen Suthida and late King King Bhumibol Adulyadej outside the parliament before delivering a document demanding the government to take action against anti-government protesters and to safeguard the monarchy in Bangkok, Thailand August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Panu Wongcha-um
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn swore in a new cabinet on Wednesday, calling for "order and peace" but without mentioning recent anti-government student protests that have urged reforms of the powerful monarchy.
The ceremony marked the king's first public appearance since the nearly unprecedented calls in two student-led protests for curbing the new powers King Vajiralongkorn has amassed since taking the throne after the death of his father in 2016.
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