Change is in the hair: former royalist cuts Thais with monarchy

Mitree Chitinunda once cut his hair to resemble King Maha Vajiralongkorn. Now he dons the pro-democracy salute

01 December 2020 - 20:05 By Jiraporn Kuhakan

Mitree Chitinunda was such a devoted Thai royalist that he had the king’s portrait cut into his hair last year, but politics, like fashion and hairstyles, is changing in Thailand...

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