VII. The Contemporary Period, 1945–2000 > F. South and Southeast Asia, 1945–2000 > 2. Southeast Asia, 1941–2000 > b. Mainland Southeast Asia > 2. Thailand > 1999, Dec. 20
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1999, Dec. 20
 
The government survived a no-confidence vote just before the Bank of Thailand announced an economic recovery from the deep Asian recession. The bank reported a 4 percent increase in GDP for the year.  1
 
2000, Jan. 24
 
“God's Army,” an offshoot group of the rebel Karen National Union, intruded from Myanmar to take 800 people hostage in a Thai hospital located near the border between the two nations.  2
 
 
 
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