(Jan. 15, 2021) This week, 80 years ago, units of the French Navy achieved a victory over the Royal Thai Navy during the brief war between the two countries.
That war erupted on Jan. 5, 1941 when the Royal Thai Bruapha and Isan Armies launched an offensive against the French colonies of Laos and Cambodia.
The reason was because France, in 1904, had forced Siam to transfer land along the Mekong River to Laos, and in 1907 had forced Siam to transfer three provinces to Cambodia.
This occurred during the reign of King Rama V, also known as Chulalongkorn. These areas had been a part of the Kingdom of Siam for the previous century. The name of the country was changed to Thailand in 1939.
Myanmar’s Migrants Face Discrimination Amid Surging COVID-19 in Thailand
Myanmar embassy officials led by Minister-Counselor U Maw Ba La arranges to transfer the Myanmar migrants–who tested COVID-19 positive and were quarantined previously at home–to the temporary field hospital in Mahachai’s football ground on January 8, 2021. / Myanmar Labour Attaché Office / Facebook
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By Nyein Nyein 9 January 2021
Less than a month after Thailand’s leaders blamed Myanmar migrant workers for the latest COVID-19 outbreak in Samut Sakhon’s wholesale seafood market, discrimination has become a part of Myanmar migrants’ daily lives in everything from transportation to banking.
Ever since Dec. 17 when a 67-year-old Thai vendor working in Mahachai’s shrimp wholesale market tested positive for COVID-19, the market, where many Myanmar migrants work, has been in lockdown. In news reports over the following days, Thailand’s health minister and then prime minister accused illega
Difficult roads ahead
Difficult roads ahead
It ll be up to Thai citizens to rescue its struggling tourism sector in 2021 as a prolonged pandemic is expected to depress international arrivals
published : 31 Dec 2020 at 08:36
13 Visitors travel to the top of Khao Chang Pheuk hill in Thong Pha Phum National Park in Kanchanaburi to see the sunrise. Domestic tourists will play a crucial role in a rebound of the tourism industry during the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: PIYARACH CHONGCHAROEN
Thailand expects to face a long drought period in the international tourism market from now until the first half of next year, according to the Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn.
Great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn captured in stunning photos from around the world By Sophie Lewis 2 planets to meet in rare great conjunction
Jupiter and Saturn, our solar system s two largest planets, were visibly closer together on Monday night than they have been in 800 years marking an extremely rare celestial event known as the great conjunction.
The conjunction occurs when the orbits of the two planets align every 20 years, but the event is not always visible, and the planets do not typically come as close together as they did on December 21.
This time around, Jupiter and Saturn were just 0.1 degrees apart less than the diameter of a full moon.
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