We have close relationships with the -- across the Thai government and across the Thai military.
There are spas in Thai town, like the Royal Thai Spa (www.nuchroyalthaispa.com), but head to Koreatown for classier settings.
Thai Rak Thai are not known for sitting down and talking things through, they like immediate results.
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Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his Thai Rak Thai party won an overwhelming electoral majority in early 2005.
In July 1998 Thaksin abandoned Thailand's political mainstream and founded his own Thai Rak Thai (Thai Unity) Party.
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Alone among all the parties, Thai Rak Thai asked the voters what they wanted, and promised to provide it.
"Tarrin doesn't look at macroeconomic policy, " says Surakiart Sathirathai, a leading economic adviser to the Thai Rak Thai Party.
Mr Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai party says the generals are actually courting trouble, as an excuse to cling to power.
For a time, Thai Rak Thai even ran its campaign from a building belonging to one of Mr Thaksin's companies.
In the meantime, one of the coalition members has voted to merge with Thai Rak Thai, as Seritham did earlier.
Thai Town, which hosts the largest community of Thai outside Thailand, is centered along Hollywood Boulevard between Normandie and Western Avenues in Hollywood.
Since the Thai coup, there have been tensions over a security barrier that the Thai generals want to erect along the border.
Birla's units in Thailand, Thai Rayon and Thai Carbon Black, have both qualified for FORBES ASIA's 200 Best Under A Billion Companies.
He formed his own party, Thai Rak Thai, or 'Thais Love Thais'.
Last month, Mr Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai party lost two by-elections, giving the opposition enough seats to table censure motions against ministers.
Ask any senior member what Thai Rak Thai stands for, and they will begin with a long paean to Mr Thaksin's virtues.
Last year ties hit a low as Yangon closed border checkposts, cracked down on Thai fishermen, and moved to boycott Thai goods.
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has called for a peaceful solution, but warned that Thai soldiers would always defend Thai sovereignty if attacked.
His Thai Rak Thai party, whose policies of cheap health care and microcredit had won strong support from rural voters, was subsequently dissolved.
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The Thai police say Stephen Ashton was simply very unlucky to be caught by a bullet fired during a fight between two Thai gangs.
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Thaksin transferred his shares in Shin to his relatives before he led his Thai Rak Thai Party--Thais Love Thais--to an election victory in 2001.
Thai banks are prohibited from selling baht to foreign investors suspected of speculation, and foreign investors can no longer obtain baht by selling Thai equities.
Thai Rak Thai, for its part, fits neatly into the Thai tradition of bespoke political outfits tailored to turn their ambitious leaders into prime ministers.
Karnchang, a Thai company based in Bangkok, would lead construction, with financing from four Thai banks, and 95% of the electricity will be sold to Thailand.
Indeed, the only ones to prosper were those running on Thai Rak Thai's ticket, which suggests that they needed the party more than it needed them.
Our local Thai restaurant Regional Thai, Cheam, Surrey, is second to none in my book, and its open kitchen allows diners to watch the wonderfully fresh food being prepared.
In 2003 anti-Thai riots erupted in Phnom Penh after a Thai actress was misquoted as saying that Angkor Wat, which appears on the Cambodian flag, belonged to Thailand.
Two new groups that have gathered some momentum are Puea Pandin (the Motherland Party) and Ruam Jai Thai (Thai Unity), each a curious mixture of ex-Thaksinites and military hard-nuts.
He referenced a need to amend the Thai constitution before the Pheu Thai party could safely solidify its hold on the power it gained last year, led by Yingluck.
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