Transcript Kingdom of Thailand Powerpoint

ราชอาณาจักรไทย
Kingdom of Thailand
By: Dalise DeVos
ประวัตศิ าสตร์
History
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Only Southeast Asian country
never to have been colonized
by a European power
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Known as Siam until 1932
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Constitutional monarchy
established in 1932
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Since then, Thailand has gone
through 53 governments,16
constitutions and 17 military
coups – the most recent of
which occurred in 2014.
รั ฐบาล
Government
But, since the
Thailand
has a
military coup
constitutional
in 2014, the
monarchy,
title of head
with
King
of government
has been held
Phumiphon
by Interim
Adunyet
Prime
Minister
holding
the
General
title of Chief
Prayut
Chanof State
since
ocha.
June 1946.
เศรษฐกิจ
Economy
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GDP: $122,166 million
Exports: automobiles and their parts, computers and their parts, jewelry
and precious stones, polymers of ethylene in primary forms, refined fuels,
electronic integrated circuits, chemical products, rice, fish products, rubber
products, sugar, cassava, poultry, machinery and its parts, iron and steel and
their products
Top export partners: United States, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia,
Australia, Vietnam, Singapore
Imports: machinery and its parts; crude oil; electrical machinery and its
parts; chemicals; iron, steel, and their products; electronic integrated
circuits; automobile parts; jewelry, including silver bars and gold; computers
and their parts; electrical household appliances; soybeans; soybean meal;
wheat; cotton; and dairy products
Top import partners: China, Japan, United States, Malaysia, United Arab
Emirates
ศาสนา
Religion
Thailand’s
official religion
is Buddhism,
but Islam and
Christianity
are also
practiced
there by a
small
percentage of
people.
ภาษา
Language
Thailand’s national language is Thai, but a small
percentage of the population speaks Burmese.
ภาษาประจาชาติของไทยเป็นคนไทย แต่ร้อยละขนาดเล็กของ
ประชากรที่พด
ู ภาษาพม่า
P̣hās̄ʹā pracả chāti k̄hxng thịy pĕn khn thịy tæ̀ r̂xy la
k̄hnād lĕk k̄hxng prachākr thī̀ phūd p̣hās̄ʹā phm̀ā
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Press freedom in Thailand has suffered considerably since the military coup of 2014, which effectively
annulled any legal safeguards for freedom of expression and gave the National Council for Peace and Order’s
(NCPO) virtually unchecked power.
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Harsh lèse-majesté laws make it a crime to violate the dignity of the king or anyone in power. Local
journalists face intimidation, summonses from authorities, and arbitrary detention and arrests, which have led
to up to 30 years in prison.
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Foreign journalists have also faced adversity. Since 2014, ministry officials have increased their scrutiny of
foreign media visa applications, including mandatory interviews in which reporters must state their personal
opinions of the NCPO, monarchy and other foreign reporters.
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Large corporations and powerful families, some with political ties, own the majority of print outlets, while
state entities, including the armed forces and police, have historically controlled the country’s free-to-air
television stations and the nearly 700 formally registered radio stations.
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The growing availability of cable, satellite, and internet-based television, and the increase of community radio
has challenged Thailand’s long-standing government-controlled broadcast media.
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The country has six analog land television channels, 24 commercial digital land channels, in addition to 661
cable, satellite, and online television services. There are also more than 3,000 community radio stations and
more than 12 national newspapers. Digital television spectrum space also has been set aside for 12 national
public-service channels and 12 regional community channels.
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Although the internet and social-networking sites publish more diverse content and debate than traditional
media, online censorship and self-censorship are still common. More than 200 websites had been shut down for
threatening national security since the coup, including its own Thailand page.
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Journalists in Thailand do not have to be licensed. Those interested in a career in the media and
communications can attend Thammasat University, Bangkok University International College, or Chulalongkorn
University, all located in Bangkok, or Chiang Mai University located in northern Thailand.
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Media
การโฆษณาและประชาสั มพันธ์
Advertising and Public Relations
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Government agencies greatly regulate advertising. The
Communications Authority of Thailand aims to maintain and abolish
content that is anonymous, offensive to the monarchy, or illegal
activity on the Internet.
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Advertising for alcohol is illegal in all mediums other than online.
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Despite government regulation, public relations and advertising are
still growing fields. According to a report that studied an online job
search website for six consecutive weeks in 2013, 206 jobs were
posted in the field of mass communication. Nearly 80 percent of
those job posting were for public relations positions, and over ten
percent were for advertising positions. Nearly all of the job postings
were for private companies.
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Thai commercial