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2020–2021 Thai protests. 2020–2021 Thai protests. Clockwise from top: Protesters at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok on 18 July. A student protester reading demands on monarchical reform on 3 August. Demonstration in Pattani Province on 2 August. Dispersal of protests at Patumwan Intersection on 16 October.
Racial discrimination is a prevalent problem in Thailand but is only infrequently publicly discussed. Thailand has made two submissions to the UN International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination , [25] [26] with ongoing issues including government policy towards ethnic groups, especially the Thai Malays , and ...
Environmental issues in Thailand. Forest fire, Mae Hong Son Province, March 2010. Thailand 's dramatic economic growth has caused numerous environmental issues. The country faces problems with air, declining wildlife populations, deforestation, soil erosion, water scarcity, and waste issues. According to a 2004 indicator, the cost of air and ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand is a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ). Thailand was the first country to report a case outside China, on 13 January 2020. As of 2 April 2022, the country has reported a cumulative total of 3,684,755 ...
The politician daughter of Thailand's influential former premier Thaksin Shinawatra on Friday said the central bank's independence was an "obstacle" in resolving economic problems, the latest ...
The annual highest temperature has increased by 0.86 °C and the annual lowest temperature has decreased by 1.45 °C over the past 55 years. From 1993 to 2008, the sea level in the Gulf of Thailand has risen 3–5 mm per year, compared to the global average of 1.7 mm per year. [2] Danny Marks, professor and climate consultant for the ...
According to the 2017 constitution, Thailand's entire political system is under the control of the army, through the appointed Senate but also via an array of military-dominated oversight bodies [6] The King of Thailand has little direct power under the constitution, but is a symbol of national identity and unity.
The South Thailand insurgency ( Thai: ความไม่สงบในชายแดนภาคใต้ของประเทศไทย; Malay: Pemberontakan di Selatan Thailand) is an ongoing conflict centered in southern Thailand. It originated in 1948 [58] as an ethnic and religious separatist insurgency in the historical Malay ...