Thailand (Capital: Bangkok)
- Thailand's Constitutional Court has suspended the Prime Minister in an ethics violation case.
- Political Features
- Land border: Myanmar(north), Laos (north and east), Cambodia (east) and Malaysia (south).
- Maritime borders: The Gulf of Thailand (Vietnam) and Andaman Sea (Indonesia and India).
Geographical Features
- Central Thailand is often termed "the rice bowl of Asia."
- India-Myanmar-Thailand (IMT) highway connects Moreh (Manipur) in India to Mae Sot in Thailand via Myanmar.
- Mekong River:
- Forms part of the international border between Laos and Thailand.
- The infamous ‘Golden Triangle’ (India renamed it as the ‘Death Triangle’): Confluence of Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar along the Mekong River.
- Thailand is the world's largest producer of natural rubber.
- The Kra Isthmus (Southern Thailand): Potentially an alternative to the Malacca straits.