Constitutional and political makeup Thailand is a constitutional monarchy. The head of state is King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX). The previous head of government was the Prime Minister Taksin Shinawatra, who leads a coalition headed by his own Thai Rak Thai Party. A new constitution was introduced in March 200 reforming the legislative system. The [...]
Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand has a history as sovereign state dating back more than 700 years. The modern name means literally Land of the Free, and although this sounds suspiciously trite the Thais have experienced exceptional historical freedom. Unlike its neighbors, Thailand never been suffered the fate of colonization by a European power. [...]
Thailand sustains a wide diversity of flora and fauna. The country’s long north-south extent permits an extraordinary range of habitats and climatic zones, from the equatorial to the rear-temperate. If no longer as flourishing as they were, the plant and animal kingdoms are still enormously rich and varied. Estimates recon that 6% of the worlds [...]
Coral Coral reefs are living organisms composed of a huge variety of marine life forms, but the foundation of every reef is its ostensibly inanimate stony coral constructions such as boulder, cabbage batch, cave mushroom, bushy stag horn and brain coral. Stony coral is composed of colonies of polyps minuscule invertebrate which feed on plankton, [...]
Although Thailand has been a constitutional monarchy since the Revolution of 1932, King Bhumibol Adulyade and the Royal Family have an influence that far exceeds their formal constitutional powers. It seems that the leaders of the Revolution shied away from emasculating the monarchy, and decided to keep the king at the centre of the Thai [...]
