Thailand"s King Bhumibol Adulyadej Dies at 88 BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ, the 88-year-old king of Thailand, has been in poor health for so long that each fresh bout of illness seems scarcely newsworthy. But this week the palace announced that his health was not stable, instead of its usual practice of waiting for him to recover from whatever ailment had been troubling him before releasing any information about it. On October...