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The national and royal symbol of Thailand is Garuda, the mount of Lord Vishnu. [1] [2] National flag. Flag of Thailand. ธงไตรรงค์. Flag of Thailand. The design was adopted on 28 September 1917, according to the royal decree issued by Rama VI . National anthem. Thai National Anthem.
The Nation is an English-language daily online newspaper founded in 1971, published in Bangkok, Thailand. It is one of two English-language dailies in Bangkok, the other being the Bangkok Post . On 28 June 2019, it published its final broadsheet edition leaving only its online edition.
The national emblem of Thailand ( Thai: ตราแผ่นดินของไทย) is called the พระครุฑพ่าห์ ( RTGS transcription: Phra Khrut Pha; " Garuda as the vehicle" (of Vishnu )). The Garuda was officially adopted as the national emblem by Vajiravudh (Rama VI) in 1911.
The flag of Thailand ( Thai: ธงไตรรงค์; RTGS : thong trai rong, meaning ' tricolour flag') shows five horizontal stripes in the colours red, white, blue, white and red, with the central blue stripe being twice as wide as each of the other four. The design was adopted on 28 September 1917, according to the royal decree issued ...
Thailand ranks midway in the wealth spread in Southeast Asia as it is the fourth richest nation according to GDP per capita, after Singapore, Brunei, and Malaysia. Thailand functions as an anchor economy for the neighbouring developing economies of Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia.
Thai nationalism. The flag of Thailand is commonly invoked as a nationalist symbol. Thai nationalism is a political ideology involving the application of nationalism to the political discourse of Thailand. It was first popularised by King Vajiravudh (Rama VI, 1910-1925), and was subsequently adopted and adapted by various leading political ...
The history of Thailand from 1932 to 1973 was dominated by military dictatorships which were in power for much of the period. The main personalities of the period were the dictator Luang Phibunsongkhram (better known as Phibun), who allied the country with Japan during the Second World War, and the civilian politician Pridi Phanomyong, who founded Thammasat University and was briefly prime ...
History of Thailand. The Tai ethnic group migrated into mainland Southeast Asia over a period of centuries. The word Siam ( Thai: สยาม RTGS : Sayam) may have originated from Pali ( suvaṇṇabhūmi, "land of gold"), Sanskrit श्याम ( śyāma, "dark"), or Mon ရာမည ( rhmañña, "stranger"), with likely the same root as ...