The Kingdom of Thailand
Parliamentary democratic system
Constitutional monarchy
Since 2006,
military government
Thailand – Hierarchical Society
Power, Status, Seniority, Education and
MONEY! – Means to Climb the Social Ladder
Purity and Pollution
Contaminated
>>>>Segregation
“Untouchables” “Dalits” “Harijian”
“Scheduled Caste”
Affirmative Action – Reservation
No founder, No dogma, No absolute book
Philosophical Aspects ~ Shamanistic Folk Belief
Atheism, monotheism, polytheism
Former
Serendib, Ceylon
Government Type
Republic
Capital
Colombo
Independence
4 February 1948 (from the UK)
Two big parties
Socialist United People’s Freedom Alliance
Conservative United National Party
President
Mahinda Percy RAJAPAKSA (since 19 November 2005)
The Executive Presidency
The Head of State of the Republic of Sri Lanka, the Head of the Executi
Population size and characteristics by ethnic enclave in Sri Lanka
Population size
The people of Sri Lanka are composed of various races and the population sizes of each of the various ethnic groups are different. Total number of the population is about 21 million people and the majority, 74 percent of the whole population is Sinhalese while the minority ethnic groups take up the rest of the po
What characteristics does Gyeong-sang-do dialect have?
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Accent – very strong and high, the accent is on the latter before the end.
Ex)밥 뭇나? 니 미친나? 빨리온나, 아프나
Short – shorten the words
Ex)너하고나하고, 뭐하고있냐?그애가 내가 알던 그사람이야?
선생님~
Usually expressio
Brazilian Indians ride a bus to protest a
proposed hydroelectric dam on Xingu River.
Indigenous women, bearing machetes,
Protest against the construction of the Belo
Monte dam.
400 km2 of agricultural land will be flooded
Permanent drought on the Xingu River
Over 20,000 people will be relocated
During its first 10 years of operation
Belo Monte
2. Proposed venue
- International Convention Center JEJU (ICC JEJU)
Jeju International Convention Center, which has a site area of 54,876 ㎡ and a total building area of 62,125 ㎡, has 6 floors above the ground. It specializes in international meetings both in name and reality, being fully equipped with an international convention hall that can accommodate up to 4,300 persons, meeting ro
1. Geographic Characteristics
- Country' name : The Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- Capital : Ha Noi
- Total area : 329,566 Km2
- Climate : subtropical(Northern), tropical(Southern)
- resources : phosphate, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil resources, forest
- Environment : From May to January, there are season typhoons that occur deluge.
2. Health Status
1) Facilit
1. Environment
1.1 Geographical features/climate
Madagascar is unique: 5% of all known animal and plant species can be found here and here alone. The remarkable fauna and flora is matched by epic landscapes of an incredible diversity: you can go from rainforest to desert in just 300km. A few places on earth offer such an intense kaleidoscope of nature.
Unfortunately, the geographic situation