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- Economy - overview: With a well-developed
infrastructure, a free-enterprise economy, and pro-investment policies,
Thailand appears to have fully recovered from the 1997-98 Asian
Financial Crisis. The country was one of East Asia's best performers in
2002-04. Boosted by increased consumption and strong export growth, the
Thai economy grew 6.9% in 2003 and 6.1% in 2004 despite a sluggish
global economy. Bangkok has pursued preferential trade agreements with a
variety of partners in an effort to boost exports and to maintain high
growth. In late December 2004, a major tsunami took 8,500 lives in
Thailand and caused massive destruction of property in the southern
provinces of Krabi, Phangnga, and Phuket. In 2006, investment stagnated
as investors, spooked by the Thaksin administration's political
problems, stayed on the sidelines. The military coup in September
brought in a new economic team, led by the former central bank governor.
In December, the Thai Board of Investment reported the value of
investment applications from January to November had declined by 27%
year-on-year. On the positive side, exports have performed at record
levels, rising nearly 17% in 2006. Export-oriented manufacturing - in
particular automobile production - and farm output are driving these
gains. The
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- Culture
- Thai culture in Germany
A non-profit project for promoting Thai culture. Thai life offers
services for Thaïs and Thai- German families in Germany, and for
everyone who likes Thailand and Thai culture.
- Learn Thai
How to learn to speak Thai. With sound clip.
- Tourism
Thailand - Beautiful site with lots of useful travel and tourist
information
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- Radio/TV
- Thai News Agency
News on Thailand in Thai from MCOT (Thai TV Channel 9)
- Bangkok
Broadcasting TV7 - meet movie stars from
the entertainment zone.
- Channel
11 - television station of the Public Relations Department.
- Channel
3 TV - includes a daily TV guide, entertainment news, drama,
film, game show, and sports.
- ITV
Television Broadcasting Station - has music, news, sports,
entertainment, movies, and information about Thai society.
- TV5
Army Television
- Sunshine Radio, Pattaya
Live broadcasting 24 hours from VC Hotel Pattaya. 107.75 MHz FM
- Newspapers
- Bangkok Post Newspaper
The official website for Bangok's Largest newspaper.
- Nation Multimedia Group
Home page for the Nation Multimedia Group and their
associated offline media. Online daily news.
- Business Day Thailand
Business Day Thailand. Thailand's first international business daily
newspaper. Business news from Thailand and South East Asia.
- The Phuket Gazette
Phuket's English language newspaper, daily news, classifieds, and the
Gazette Guide phonebook.
- Samui Welcome
Monthly newspaper from Samui with articles in English, German, Thai
& French.
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