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According to ancient customs in Thailand, there is an astrological rule (which has influence from Hindu mythology) that assigns a color to each day of the week based on the color of the God who protects the day or Navagraha.
Thai State) is a daily newspaper in Thai published in Bangkok and distributed nationwide. The paper is a broadsheet published with two sections. The first section is devoted to news. Although the news section is best known for its sensationalist coverage of crime and accidents, it also includes stories on Thai politics, economy, and society.
Daily News was founded by Saeng Hetrakul [] when he purchased the defunct Krung Thep Daily Mail [] newspaper (Thai edition of the Bangkok Daily Mail) which has ceased publication in 1932 and relaunched it as Daily Mail Monday (Thai: เดลิเมล์วันจันทร์) it was first published weekly and then as a daily.
The political leanings of Thai newspapers can be categorized according to how they relate to the democracy movement of the 1970s. The mainstream print media are represented by Thai Rath and Daily News, which together account for half of Thailand's newspaper sales. Because both papers were founded while the country was still under military rule ...
Chut thai for men includes a chong kraben or pants, a Raj pattern shirt, with optional knee-length white socks, and a sabai. Chut thai for northern Thai men is composed of a sado, a white Manchu styled jacket, and sometimes a khian hua. In formal occasions, people may choose to wear a so-called formal Thai national costume.
The Thai Armed Forces have a combined manpower of 306,000 active duty personnel and another 245,000 active reserve personnel. [178] The head of the Thai Armed Forces (จอมทัพไทย, Chom Thap Thai) is the king, [179] although this position is only nominal.
In 2016, after Miss Grand Thailand began franchising the provincial competitions to individual organizers, who would name seventy-seven provincial titleholders to compete in the national pageant, the license for Bangkok was purchased by a model and actress, Russamee Tongsiripaisri [], [1] [7] who later organized the first Miss Grand Bangkok competition on 16 April 2016, [1] in which a ...
Krabi (Thai: กระบี่, pronounced) is the capital of and main town in Krabi Province (thesaban mueang), on the west coast of southern Thailand, where the Krabi River flows into Phang Nga Bay. The town lies 650 km (400 mi) south of Bangkok, and as of 2020, has a population of 32,644. As in much of southern Thailand, the local economy ...