The South Thailand insurgency is an ongoing conflict centered in southern Thailand. It originated in 1948 as an ethnic and religious separatist insurgency in the historical Malay Patani Region, made up of the three southernmost provinces of Thailand and parts of a fourth, but has become more complex and increasingly violent since the early 2000s from drug cartels, oil smuggling networks, and sometimes pirate raids.
Yi Mun-yol is a South Korean writer. Yi's given name at birth was Yol; the character, Mun, was added after he took up a writing career. His works include novels, short stories and Korean adaptations of classic Chinese novels as well as political and social commentaries. An informal count has estimated that over 30 million copies of his books have been sold and, as of 2021, they have been translated into 21 languages. His works have garnered many literary awards and many have been adapted for film and television.
Yol is a 1982 Turkish film directed by Şerif Gören and Yılmaz Güney. The screenplay was written by Yılmaz Güney, and it was directed by his assistant Şerif Gören, as Güney was in prison at the time. Later, after Güney escaped from Imrali prison, he took the negatives of the film to Switzerland and later edited it in Paris.
Teeratep Winothai, simply known as Leesaw is a Thai retired footballer playing as a forward. He previously spent his youth career with England's Crystal Palace and Everton.
Anne Thongprasom is a Thai actress, model and producer who was the lead actress in many Thai series during the 2000s. She had the lead role in the 2004 romantic melodrama The Letter: Jod Mai Rak.
Ratchaburi Football Club is a Thai professional football club based in Ratchaburi province that currently plays in Thai League 1. Ratchaburi has the nickname The Dragons which can be seen in the club official crest.
Yong Poovorawan is a professor of pediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. He is known for research in the fields of pediatric hepatology, viral hepatitis and virology, and avian influenza.
The Parliament House of Thailand was a building which housed the National Assembly, the legislative branch of the Government of Thailand from 1974 to 2018. The legislature is a bicameral body, consisting of two chambers: the upper house, and the lower house. The Parliament House of Thailand is in the Dusit District of the capital, Bangkok. In 2019 the legislature moved into a new building named the Sappaya-Sapasathan, which became the new parliament house.
Pinay Pie is a 2003 Filipino comedy film, directed by award-winning multi-genre director Jose Javier Reyes. The film was released to Philippine theaters on September 3, 2003. It stars Vhong Navarro, Joyce Jimenez, Assunta De Rossi and Ai-Ai delas Alas on the lead roles. It is a film about girl power. De las Alas plays Yolly, an aging woman who searches for the man of her dreams. De Rossi plays Love, a beautiful young lady who wants to be famous, and Jimenez plays Karen, an overly hardworking woman.
Khaosod is a Thai daily newspaper with national circulation. Its online version is Khaosod Online. Khaosod is the youngest paper of the Matichon Publishing Group which also operates two other daily news publications, Matichon and Prachachat.
Ratchadamnoen Avenue is a historic road in the Phra Nakhon and Dusit Districts of Bangkok, Thailand. Ratchadamnoen Avenue may be the most politically charged thoroughfare in the capital, as its history captures the ebb and flow of Thai ideological struggles over Thai governance in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Tao Poon station is a MRT station in Bangkok, located on Tao Pun Junction, Bang Sue District, Bangkok. It is an interchange station of the Blue Line and Purple Line. It is also currently a terminal station for Purple line.
Sisaket was a female professional volleyball team based in Sisaket, Thailand. In the past, Tapaphaipun Chaisri served as team captain.
Kantaphon Wangcharoen is a Thai badminton player. At the young age, Wangcharoen became the runner-up in the senior tournament 2014 Singapore International in the men's singles event after losing the match because of foot injury. Wangcharoen clinched the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in the boys' singles event, also part of the junior team that won the mixed team bronze in 2014 and 2016, and Asian mixed team bronze in 2016.
Deadma Walking is a 2017 Philippine comedy - drama musical film, directed by Julius Alfonso.
Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn is a former Thai badminton player. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia in the women's singles and doubles event. Ekmongkolpaisarn was the bronze medalists at the 1998 Asian Games in the women's team event, 2002 Asian Games in the singles event, and at the 1999 Asian Championships in the doubles event. She reached a career high ranking of World No. 5.
The 2018 Futsal Thai League was a top-tier professional futsal league under the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) and Advanced Info Service (AIS) It was the tenth edition of the league, with a total of 14 teams. The league began in April 2018 and finished in December 2018.
The Thai Raksa Chart Party, officially known in English as the Thai Save the Nation Party, was a Thai political party established in 2009 as minor party under the name Rath Thai Party.
The Marine Service Support Regiment or MSSR are the marines combat support of the Royal Thai Marine Corps and Royal Thai Navy. Military units are supplied troops to support the various branches of the Royal Thai Navy. Marine Service Support Regiment is also one of the forces participating in the mission of the unrest in South Thailand insurgency.
Muay Hardcore was a weekly Muay Thai program broadcast on Thai television in Bangkok. First aired in 2019, the program's most distinguishing characteristic sees fighters competing in three-round Muay Thai fights with MMA gloves. The program was discontinued around mid-2022.
