BANGKOK: Thailand's new king has chosen who will be the country's top monk, the leader of the ruling junta said Tuesday, ending a lengthy power struggle over the venerated post.

The post of Supreme Patriarch has been left open for more than three years as Thailand's various Buddhist factions tussle over a successor.

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