In Thailand, the Health System Research Institute reported in 2005 that children in prostitution make up 40 % of Thailand's prostitutes, and that a proportion of prostitutes over the age of 18, including foreign nationals mostly from Burma, China's Yunnan province, Laos and Cambodia, are also in some state of forced sexual servitude.

Thailand's booming economy came to a halt amid massive layoffs in finance, real estate, and construction that resulted in huge numbers of workers returning to their villages in the countryside and 600, 000 foreign workers being sent back to their home countries.

It acts as a " matchmaker " between foreign industrialists and Thai resources which combine the financial strength, planning ability, and persuasive power of Thailand's industrialists.

They sought his aid and advice as a troubleshooter for Thailand's monetary interests, particularly in matters they had botched or in which they were suspected to have their own private interests, such as remedying Sarit's mishandling of Thailand's participation in an International Tin Council and preventing a kickback scandal over the foreign printing of Thailand's currency.

In 1966 Puey became the dean of the Faculty of Economics at his alma mater, Thammasat University, where his work with the Rockefeller Foundation and with foreign scholars dramatically upgraded the training of Thailand's future technocrats.

In 2010, the university swiftly proceeded to the 228th in the world, 28th in Asian and as Thailand's top-ranked university according to Quacquarelli Symonds 2010 Asian Ranking, although some foreign ranking sources may provide different ranking.

Thailand's booming economy came to a halt amidst massive layoffs in finance, real estate, and construction that resulted in huge numbers of workers returning to their villages in the countryside and 600, 000 foreign workers being sent back to their home countries. The baht devalued swiftly and lost more than half of its value.

Asia Times Online was created early in 1999 as a successor in " publication policy and editorial outlook " to the Hong Kong / Bangkok-based daily printed newspaper Asia Times, owned by Thai media mogul and leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy Sondhi Limthongkul, that closed in mid 1997, a week before the devaluation of Thailand's baht kicked off the Asian financial crisis.

Surakiart's supporters maintain that although he inherited a national economy beset by structural challenges that ultimately exposed it to the Thai financial crisis, Dr. Surakiart designed and implemented reforms that, while deeply unpopular, moved the economy in the right direction and have become an essential part of Thailand's economic policy.

Most notably, the Asian Human Rights Commission campaigned against Surakiart on account of Thailand's policy toward Myanmar.

However, Surakiart's supporters contended that he spearheaded Thailand's " prosper thy neighbor " policy of regional economic coordination and that his quiet diplomatic style had helped resolve numerous long-standing regional disputes.

The populist policies earned the TRT enormous support from rural constituencies, unprecedented in Thailand's history.

A 1979 visit to Beijing earned Deng Xiaoping's agreement to end support for Thailand's communist movement ; in return, the Thai authorities agreed to give safe haven to the Khmer Rouge forces fleeing west following the invasion of Cambodia.

Ryo, a dangerous man with an animal instinct who destroyed many good fighters in the ring, one day finds himself facing Thailand's best fighter who was fighting to support his family.

Thailand's male sex workers are mostly from the poorest areas of Thailand and are often the sole support of their rice farmer birth families.

To make up for a lack of hard currency, Thailand's township, Amphoe Kut Chum, once issued its own local scrip called Bia Kut Chum: Bia is Thai for cowry shell, was once Baht, and is still current in metaphorical expressions.

In exchange for supporting Thailand's admission to the United Nations, the Soviet Union demanded repeal of anticommunist legislation.

Together, the Chao Phraya and Mekong systems sustain Thailand's agricultural economy by supporting wet-rice cultivation and providing waterways for the transport of goods and people.

This means, as the U. S. Dollar accounted for 80 percent in the Thai basket of currencies, the Thai Baht was also depreciated further-making Thailand's export even more competitive and making the country more attractive to Foreign Direct Investment ( FDI ), especially from Japan whose national currency appreciated considerably since 1985.

Several church-related groups are working to promote sexual abstinence until marriage and fidelity in marriage and to prevent child exploitation ; they care for victims of Thailand's massive sex trade as well.

The then Ambassador of Thailand to the US gave another reason for Thailand's disapproval of The King and I: its ethno-centric attitude and its barely hidden insult on the whole Siamese nation as childish and inferior to the Westerners.

The Thai solar calendar ( Patitin Suriyakati, ), Thailand's version of the Gregorian calendar, replaced the Patitin Chantarakati in AD 1888 / 2431 BE for legal and commercial purposes.

Public outrage and student protests, accompanied by the known displeasure of Thailand's king, led Sarit to stage a coup in September 1957, but a serious deterioration of his health led Sarit to fly to the United States of America for treatment, leaving Deputy Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn in charge.

Sarit arranged for King Bhumibol Adulyadej to attend public ceremonies, visit the provinces, patronise development projects and personally present diplomas to Thailand's government university graduates, helping to bring the monarchy closer to the people and raising the stature of the king to that of high reverence.

Within a few kilometers of Udon Thani is Wat Pa Baan That, which was home for many years to Forest Meditation monk Luangta Maha Bua, known for his philanthropic endeavors such as accumulating gold and giving it to the National Treasury to benefit Thailand's citizens during the economic crisis of the late 1990's.

* April 16-Pone Kingpetch becomes Thailand's first world champion, beating Pascual Pérez by a fifteen round split decision for the world's Flyweight title in Bangkok, Thailand.

In Burma, some young wild-born elephants are removed from their mothers, who are often killed in the process, for use in Thailand's tourism industry.

Mobile carriers AIS and CAT ( 60 +% of Thailand's subscribers ) offer 1-800 service for cell phones.

* Pikanes award, Thailand's most prestigious music award for an outstanding orchestral performance: Shahrdad Rohani.

From November 2004 until late 2006, he worked for Thailand's Software Industry Promotion Agency ( SIPA ), to promote open source technologies and open standards in the country.

They are popular attractions for ecotourist divers in the Red Sea, off the Maldives, off Thailand's Phuket and Phi Phi islands, on the Great Barrier Reef, and elsewhere.

Sainyabuli Province is devoid of vehicle roads except for one north-south route extending from the provincial capital to the Thai border opposite Thailand's Loei Province.

This was only a year after South Vietnam and Thailand's neighbours Laos and Cambodia had fallen to the communists, and right wing Thais believed the protestors wished the same fate for their county.

Thailand's township Amphoe Kut Chum once issued its own local scrip called Bia Kut Chum: Bia is Thai for cowry shell, which was once used as small change, and still so used in metaphorical expressions.

* 1949 – Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first Thai female member of Thailand's Parliament.

* August 13 – Over 130 die in the collapse of Royal Plaza Hotel at Nakhon Ratchasima in Thailand's worst hotel disaster.

* July 11 – Thailand's worst hotel fire at Pattaya kills 90.

* June 5 – Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first Thai female member of Thailand's Parliament.

* July 15 – Phraya Manopakorn Nititada, Thailand's first Prime Minister ( d. 1948 )

* November 4 – Typhoon Gay devastates Thailand's Chumphon Province.

Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat ( Thai: สฤษด ิ์ ธนะร ั ชต ์, alternatively spelled Dhanarajata ), ( June 16, 1908 – December 8, 1963 ) was a Thai career soldier who staged a coup in 1957, thereafter serving as Thailand's Prime Minister until his death in 1963.

Anand Panyarachun ( born August 9, 1932 ) was Thailand's Prime Minister twice, between 1991 – 1992 and once again in 1992.

The school receives funding from the Thai government through the CHE – ADB Higher Education Development Project and the Energy Conservation Promotion Fund of Thailand's Ministry of Energy.

Before entering politics, he served as a career diplomat in Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs for 10 years ( 1985 – 1995 ) 4 of which were spent as a representative of Thailand to the United Nations in New York ( 1987 – 1992 ).

From 2002 – 04, he co-ordinated and guest lectured on a course on International Ethics and Human Rights at Thammasat University in Thailand, and was also an Adjunct Lecturer on the Human Rights Programme at Thailand's Mahidol University.