Clearly, Thailand has performed quite well, but I am concerned about the speed of corporate restructuring.
But in early October, monsoon rains triggered the worst flooding Thailand has seen in decades.
Thailand has always been open to the West and under Mr Thaksin will remain so.
Thailand has a diverse landscape with a jungle hinterland in the north and beaches to the south.
Tackling the problem head on, Thailand has managed to keep the rate at roughly the same level.
The government of Thailand has run up against similar limits to its power to control the international Web.
Severe flooding across the south of Thailand has killed at least 15 people and stranded thousands of tourists.
Thailand has had three changes of government in as many years -- and six finance ministers since 1995.
If nothing else, Thailand has shown that a fight to the finish can be a very costly enterprise.
Compared with other countries wracked by the economic crisis, Thailand has made good progress lifting itself off the bottom.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand has stated that it expects to receive more than 19 million visitors in 2011 alone.
It's a structural problem that none of them have really properly tackled yet, although Thailand has done more than most.
Thailand has its hands full and it may be too much to demand a re-evaluation of social values at this time.
It is important to land in Chiang Mai before the weekend starts to get the best shopping experience Thailand has to offer.
One of his sisters, another possible heir to the throne, is more popular, but Thailand has never been ruled by a woman.
ECONOMIST: Thais are impatient for change, but it will take time
Thailand has endured political upheaval since a military coup in 2006 which ousted then Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who went into exile.
Thailand has even flirted with the idea of an OPEC-style rice cartel.
In spite of these threats and the country's volatile political life, Thailand has remained one of the strongest performing economies in Southeast Asia.
Many of the student refugees are, however, refusing to register for resettlement, and Thailand has said it will not force them to leave.
The Bank of Thailand has already warned that its 3.25% policy rate is too low, and most investors have priced in further rises by year-end.
He rejects calls for a government of national unity, led by some untainted but unelected supremo, a solution Thailand has resorted to in previous crises.
The extent of this polarization is borne out by the fact that Thailand has seen more than 18 attempts at military coups since the early 1930s.
Thailand has been battered by political turmoil and natural disasters.
And since a lot of the foreign money that flowed into Korea and Thailand has created industrial overcapacity, that excess capacity is going to weigh heavily on world markets for years.
Since the modern nation state's founding in 1932, Thailand has been served by a constitutional monarchy and is the only country in Southeast Asia to avoid coming under European colonial rule.
And although some of the reforms Thailand has undertaken are aimed at restoring confidence and stemming the present contraction, it is the continuing development challenge that is driving much of the activity.
Thailand still has its problems, and the King has long agonized about how to make society fairer, even as the World Bank calculates that Thailand has the biggest gap between rich and poor in Asia.
Given that Thailand has, belatedly, done nearly everything that was asked of it without dispelling the economic gloom, some Thai politicians are arguing that the region's woes now need a regional, or better still global, solution.
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