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  2. International Peace Bureau - Wikipedia

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    The International Peace Bureau ( IPB; French: Bureau international de la paix ), founded in 1891, [2] is one of the world's oldest international peace federations. The organisation was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1910 for acting "as a link between the peace societies of the various countries". [3] [4] In 1913, Henri La Fontaine was also ...

  3. IPB University - Wikipedia

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    IPB University [2] [3] (Indonesian: Institut Pertanian Bogor, abbreviated as IPB) is a state-run agricultural university based in the regency of Bogor, Indonesia. IPB has long been considered one of the "Big 5" universities in Indonesia, along with University of Indonesia , Bandung Institute of Technology , Gadjah Mada University and Airlangga ...

  4. Directorate General of Customs and Excise - Wikipedia

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    beacukai .go .id. The Directorate General of Customs and Excise ( Indonesian: Direktorat Jenderal Bea dan Cukai abbreviated Bea Cukai or DJBC) is an Indonesian government agency under Ministry of Finance that serves the community in the field of customs and excise. The Directorate General of Customs and Excise has the duty to organize the ...

  5. Thai script - Wikipedia

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    Thai จันทร์ (spelled chanthr but pronounced chan /tɕān/ because the th and the r are silent) "moon" (Sanskrit चन्द्र chandra) Thai phonology dictates that all syllables must end in a vowel, an approximant, a nasal, or a voiceless plosive. Therefore, the letter written may not have the same pronunciation in the initial ...

  6. Ajahn - Wikipedia

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    Ajahn ( Thai: อาจารย์, RTGS : achan, IPA: [ʔāː.tɕāːn]; Lao: ອາຈານ, romanized : ācān) is a Thai - and Lao -derived term that translates as "professor" or "teacher". The term is in turn derived from the Pali word ācariya and is a term of respect, similar in meaning to the Japanese sensei. It is used as a title of ...

  7. Politics of Thailand - Wikipedia

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    According to the 2017 constitution, Thailand's entire political system is under the control of the army, through the appointed Senate but also via an array of military-dominated oversight bodies [ 6] The King of Thailand has little direct power under the constitution, but is a symbol of national identity and unity.

  8. Encyclopedia - Wikipedia

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    Title page of Lucubrationes, 1541 edition, one of the first books to use a variant of the word encyclopedia in the title. An encyclopedia ( American English) or encyclopaedia ( British English) [ 1] is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge, either general or special, in a particular field or discipline. [ 2][ 3 ...

  9. Religion in Thailand - Wikipedia

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    Muslims are the second largest religious group in Thailand at 4% to 5% of the population. Thailand's southernmost provinces - Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat, Satun, Trang, and part of Songkhla - have large Muslim populations, consisting of both ethnic Thai and Malay. Christians, mainly Catholics, represent about 4% of the population as of 2023.