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Thailand
Coordinates: 15°24′N 101°18′E / 15.4°N 101.3°E
Thailand (/ˈtaɪlænd/ TY-land or /ˈtaɪlənd/ TY-lənd;Thai: ประเทศไทย, rtgs: Prathet Thai), officially the Kingdom of Thailand (Thai: ราชอาณาจักรไทย, rtgs: Ratcha-anachak Thai; IPA: [râːt.tɕʰá.ʔāː.nāː.tɕàk tʰāj]), formerly known as Siam (Thai: สยาม; rtgs: Sayam), is a country at the centre of the Indochinese peninsula in Mainland Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Myanmar. Its maritime boundaries include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast, and Indonesia and India on the Andaman Sea to the southwest.
Thailand is governed by the National Council for Peace and Order that took power in the May 2014 coup d'état.Its monarchy is headed by King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who has reigned since 1946 as Rama IX, as he is the ninth monarch of the Chakri Dynasty. He is currently the world's longest-serving head of state and the country's longest-reigning monarch; he has reigned for 69 years, 250 days.
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Bangkok Old Town: where old and new combine, from the Grand Palace to trendy nightspots
South China Morning Post 15 Sep 2018
Bangkok pulsates with the synergy of old and new, but one pocket of space in the Thai capital still hangs in a state of arrested development ... The historic heart of Bangkok, this riverside enclave with its rustic sois, or side streets, lined by weathered buildings, is where the first monarch of Thailand’s present ruling Chakri Dynasty, King Rama I, founded the kingdom of Rattanakosin in 1782 ... ....
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U.N. recognizes Women of the World founder for work with female refugees
Deseret News 13 Sep 2018
The other finalists are Mayor Andreas Hollstein and the volunteers of Altena, Germany, for welcoming refugees to their small town; Tuenjai Deetes, for devoting four decades of her life to ending statelessness in Thailand; and the Jordanian group Reclaim Childhood for empowering refugee girls through sport and building better links with their local communities ... 25 ... 1 in Geneva. ....
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Should you buy, sell or hold WM Morrison Supermarkets after today’s results?
AOL 13 Sep 2018
Chairman Andrew Higginson declared in the report that “with each passing quarter, the Morrisons team is building a better and better business.” Indeed, there’s evidence that the finances are getting better ... Since the period ended, the firm has also struck a deal to supply MKP Garages forecourt stores and Big C in Thailand....
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The Grand Palace: A structural wonder
Sun Star 12 Sep 2018
I WAS only seven years old when we visited the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand for the first time ... I was more concerned with the fact that real and powerful Thai kings used to dwell within the building walls ... The museum building, which formerly served the Ministry of Finance, houses the collection of gowns, dresses, shoes, and hats worn and co-created by Queen Sirikit — the queen mother of Thailand—during her official travels abroad....
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Gas Turbine Market Size Worth $30.08 Billion by 2025 | CAGR: 4.8%: Grand View Research, Inc.
Market Watch 12 Sep 2018
SAN FRANCISCO, September 12, 2018 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- SAN FRANCISCO, September 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- ... (Logo. ) ... However, Asia Pacific will likely exhibit the fastest growth rate in the foreseeable future ... In January 2017, Siemens and Marubeni announced plans to build a 1,200 MW combined cycle power plant in Thailand. In 2015, the company sold approximately 18 models of SGT-800 industrial gas turbines to Thailand ... is a U.S ... Phone....
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In Boulder's neighborhoods, art starts appearing
Daily Camera 11 Sep 2018
Artist Lindee Zimmer paints a mural on the garage door of a home on 21st Street on Wednesday in Boulder. The mural incorporates elements that reference homeowner Alexa Allen, her daughters and Allen's work as a leather artist ... She's been working as an artist for most of the intervening years, her work appearing on buildings in Mexico, Thailand, New Orleans, Austin, L.A., Fort Collins and Denver, where she lives now ... Shay Castle ... ....
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Service Projects Around the World Expand LyondellBasell's Community Relations Reach
Dothan Eagle
11 Sep 2018
HOUSTON, Sept. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, for the 19th consecutive year engaged thousands of its employees, along with their family members and friends on Global Care Day ... Colleagues visited Burnett Elementary School to landscape and plant 60 trees, as well as build 150 bikes to be used as prizes for a school reading program.Rayong, Thailand ... ....
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Polyvinyl Butyral Market Size Worth $3.43 Million by 2024 | CAGR 5.4%: Grand View Research, Inc.
Market Watch 11 Sep 2018
SAN FRANCISCO, September 11, 2018 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- SAN FRANCISCO, September 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- ... (Logo. ) ... Upswing in product demand in end-use industries is stoking the growth of the market ... Spiraling demand for adhesives in the automotive and building & construction industries in developing countries such as India, China, and Thailand is anticipated to fuel growth prospects ... Canada Mexico Europe Germany U.K ... is a U.S....
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Forest runoffs, floods triggered by downpours hit Thailand
Xinhua 05 Sep 2018
5 (Xinhua) -- Several parts of Thailand have been hit by forest runoffs and floods as rivers burst banks and more rains are expected, reports said on Wednesday ... Villagers were racing against time to build sandbag walls to brace for further runoff....
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5 tips to give kids some culture and a vacation at the same time
Times Free Press 03 Sep 2018
"Of course you want your children to have fun on your family vacation, but why not give them a flavor of the local culture while they're doing so?" said Niamh O'Connell, vice president for guest experience at Rosewood Hotel Group ... "Arts and crafts inspire creativity and also build empathy for cultural differences," O'Connell said. If you are in Thailand, for example, try making and flying traditional chula or pakpao kites ... ....
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BIMSTEC Chairmanship handed over to President
Sri Lanka News 02 Sep 2018
Picture by Sudath Siva ... five deriving from South Asia -Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and two from Southeast Asia-Myanmar and Thailand. The objective of building such an alliance was to harness shared and accelerated growth through mutual cooperation in different areas of common interests by mitigating the onslaught of globalisation and by utilising regional resources and geographical advantages ... ....
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Cash and diamonds worth Rs 9 lakh stolen from house
The Times of India 02 Sep 2018
Surat. An unidentified person was booked at Kapodara police station on Friday for stealing cash, jewellery and diamonds worth Rs8.91 lakh from the house of a diamond broker. The burglar escaped with the valuables from the house of Himmat Gajera in Sitaram Society of Kapodara before 4.30am when the family members were fast asleep ... Google & Harvard team up to build earthquake predicting AI. Visit the Thailand shopping festival in Chennai....
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‘Ayushman Bharat is a very big game changer’
Deccan Herald 02 Sep 2018
BPL Medical Technologies, over the last half a century (established in 1967), has emerged as one of the pioneers in the Indian medical devices market ... Excerpts.. BPL has been making medical devices for 50 years now. How has been the progress so far? ... Currently, BPL family owns 35% and 65% is held by Goldman Sachs ... We are targeting India and selected markets like Thailand ... We want to build a network of distributors ... Ayushman Bharat. ....
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