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); those adjacent are white (symbolizing Buddhism); the blue...

Thailand POPULATION 62,354,402 BUDDHIST 90.0 percent MUSLIM 3.0 percent CHRISTIAN 0.5 percent HINDU 0.1 percent OTHER 6.4 percent Country Overview Introduction Situated along the southeastern rim of continental Asia, the Kingdom of Thailand is bordered...

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's capital and largest city, with an estimated...

(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. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand has an ancient history and a rich, unique...

The numerous ethnic groups of Thailand traditionally have produced a wide array of cotton and silk textiles. Each ethnic group wove textiles in distinctive patterns for clothing, domestic, and ceremonial purposes, thus transforming textiles into...

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) connotes, the party was established as a new kind of clean party that would...

(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 later king of Siam (present-day Thailand), who restored the pride...

The Kingdom of Thailand (IPA: /Ëtaɪlænd/, Thai: à'£à'²à'à'­à'²à'"à'²à'à'±à'à'£à¹"à'à'¢, IPA: [ratÊa anatÉÉ'ktÊ°aɪ]) is a country in Southeast Asia. To its east lie Laos and Cambodia; to its south, the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia; and to its...