Clothing, Traditional—Thailand
The numerous ethnic groups of Thailand traditionally have produced a wide array of cotton and silk textiles. Each ethnic group wove textiles in distinctive patter...
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Phalang Dharma Party
Thailand's Phalang Dharma Party (PDP; pronounced "palang tam") was established on 9 June 1988 through the leadership of Chamlong Srimuang. Also, as its name (Moral Force Party) co...
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Phya Thaksin
(reigned c. 1767–1782), liberator of Siam. After the Burmese devastation of Ayutthaya in April 1767, it was the half-Chinese General Phya Taksin, the governor of Tak province and l...
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Thailand—Profile
(2001 pop. 61.8 million). Thailand lies in the heart of Southeast Asia, stretching from the Mekong River in the north to the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand in the south. Know...
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Thailand
Kingdom of Thailand
Prates Thai
CAPITAL: Bangkok (Krung Thep)
FLAG: The national flag, adopted in 1917, consists of five horizontal stripes. The outermost are red (symbolizing the Thai people...
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Thailand
The Kingdom of Thailand is situated in Southeast Asia on the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea and has borders with Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, Laos, and Malaysia. Bangkok is the country&#x...
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Thailand
POPULATION 62,354,402BUDDHIST 90.0 percentMUSLIM 3.0 percentCHRISTIAN 0.5 percentHINDU 0.1 percentOTHER 6.4 percent
Country Overview
Introduction
Situated along the southeastern rim of c...
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The problems in the south of Thailand are largely centered on the three southern provinces of Yala, Pattani, Satun and Narathiwat. Deputy Prime minister Chavilat stated that there should be 6000 polic...
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What we know today as Thailand used to be known as Siam until 1939. During the Chakri dynasty, King Mongkut began to modernize Siam. He fought hard against French and British forces to keep his land. ...
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Area: 513,120 sq km (198,117 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 64,632,000Capital:
Bangkok
Chief of state: King Bhumibol
Adulyadej
Head of government:
Prime Ministers
Thaksin
Shinawatra, Chidchai
Va...
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Thailand's prime minister said Friday the government is considering granting amnesty to Muslim insurgents in the south, a step that would be a major policy shift in the three-year conflict.At the s...
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Bangkok (dpa) - Thailand - which notched up a 190 billion baht
(5.4 billion dollar) financial deficit during the first half of
fiscal 2007 - is mulling a new tax on the king...
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Bangkok (dpa) - US businesses in Thailand have expressed lower
confidence about the kingdom's political stability and the legal
environment this year compared with 2006, acc...
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Bangkok (dpa) - The Thai government decided Thursday not to sue
Google.Inc after the internet search giant reportedly promised to
remove all anti-monarchy videos from its Yo...
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The United States on Wednesday urged Americans to reconsider any travel to Thailand while Britain told its citizens living there to stay in their homes, after the Thai military toppled the cou...
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Bangkok (dpa) - A wetland bird that was last spotted in India in
1867 and presumed to be extinct has been rediscovered in Thailand,
media reports said on Wednesday.
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