The path to poverty in Thailand
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published : 20 Jan 2021 at 04:00
44 Welfare cardholders queue up to get cash at a Krungthai Bank ATM in Pathum Thani in December last year. (Photo by Sarot Meksophawannakul)
Thailand has had an interesting journey to its current ranking of sixth in the world, and first in Asia, in income inequality, as cited by the World Population Review. The country has historically been a patronage society, where the upper echelons of society are expected to look after those who are underprivileged.
This characteristic of Thai society has been predominant since the Sukhothai Period, about 700 years ago. The 1932 Siamese Revolution transformed the political system from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy with a king as the head of the state and a prime minister as the head of government. From the revolution until 1975, Thailand had 35 cabinets and 12 prime ministers, all rising to power through coup d états or mi
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23/12/2020 09:02 GMT+7
Nice weather anticipated over Christmas, New Year
All three regions of Vietnam are forecast to enjoy nice weather, perfect for entertainment activities during Christmas, while spells of rain and sunshine are expected in the south, with extreme cold set to hit the north over the New Year.
According to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting, temperatures between Dec. 23 and Dec. 25 in the northern region are expected to fluctuate between 13 and 16 degrees Celsius.
Most notably, the lowest temperatures are predicted to hit northern mountainous regions, ranging between 7 and 12. The highest temperatures in northern localities such as Lai Chau, Dien Bien, and Son La will hover around between 18 and 25.
Even when they died they were together : Heartbreaking story of couple who left their young children in Vietnam to set up new life in the UK - as heartbroken parents reveal pair were holding hands when they died in back of Essex lorry
Nguyen Thi Van and Tran Hai Loc were found holding hands inside lorry trailer
Couple were huddled together when they were discovered among the 39 dead
The pair left behind their son Thang, seven, and five-year-old daughter Trang
During the cross-Channel trip on board the Clementine, the group had desperately tried to raise the alarm, even calling the Vietnamese emergency number, as they ran out of air.
When they found there was no mobile phone signal in the trailer, some recorded goodbye messages to their families.
Nguyen Tho Tuan, 25, told his family: I am sorry. I cannot take care of you. I am sorry. I am sorry. I cannot breathe. I want to come back to my family. Have a good life.
A metal pole had been used to try to punch through the roof of the refrigerated container, but only managed to dent the interior.
Gang used burner pay-as-you-go phones and evaded automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras
Ringleader Gheorghe Nica, 43, and driver Eamonn Harrison, 24, found guilty of 39 counts of manslaughter
In May 9 2018, Harrison was issued with civil penalty notice after he was caught with 18 Vietnamese migrants
Total of eight men now convicted in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese men, women and children
In October last year, 39 Vietnamese migrants suffocated to death inside a lorry trailer in Thurrock, Essex