{"id":31713,"date":"2026-06-17T11:05:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T05:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31713"},"modified":"2026-06-18T13:29:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T07:59:59","slug":"thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Thailand Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, India &amp; Thailand agreed to deepen collaboration in manufacturing, research, innovation &amp; capability development during 10th Defence Dialogue in Bangkok.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Thailand<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in the center of <\/span><b>mainland Southeast Asia.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering Countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 It shares boundaries with <\/span><b>Myanmar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (North West), <\/span><b>Laos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (North Easst), <\/span><b>Cambodia <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(East), and <\/span><b>Malaysia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (South).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Maritime boundary:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is bordered by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/andaman-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Andaman Sea<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (SW) and <\/span><b>Gulf of Thailand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (S)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bangkok.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Thailand<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Terrain: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fold Mountains dominate the country&#8217;s landscape to the north and west.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is influenced by <\/span><b>Southwest and Northeast Monsoon.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Peak:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Doi Inthanon (Approx. 2,565 m)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Plateau:<\/b> <b>Khorat Plateau<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the northeast region which is a vast tableland bounded by the Mekong River on the north and east.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major Rivers:<\/b> <b>Chao Phraya River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Mekong River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Forms a natural border with Laos)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It consists of Rubber, Rice, Tin, Natural Gas, Timber, Tungsten, Tantalum<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2273831&amp;reg=48&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thailand is located in the center of mainland Southeast Asia. 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