HUNDREDS of thousand of people are expected to attend the royally sponsored cremation of the much-revered monk Luang Phor Koon Parisuttho in Khon Kaen on Tuesday, said Charnchai Panthongviriyakul, dean of medicine at Khon Kaen University.

Hundreds of supporters gave a rapturous welcome to former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra as she entered the court building on Friday morning to attend the last day of the trial in the rice-pledging scheme case.