 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Dambudziko remari rokuAsia ra1997 rakatanga muThailand uye rakagumisa makore 40 okukura kwoupfumi kwenyika yacho kusingachinji. Hurumende yaChuan Leekpai yakatora chikwereti cheIMF nemiganhu isingafarirwi. Bato repopulist Thai Rak Thai, rinotungamirirwa nomutungamiri wehurumende Thaksin Shinawatra, rakatonga kubva muna 2001 kusvika muna 2006. Mitemo yake yakabudirira mukuderedza urombo hwomumaruwa uye yakatanga hutano hwehutano munyika. Kupandukira kweSouth Thailand kwakawedzera kutanga muna 2004. Kudengenyeka kwenyika uye tsunami yeIndian Ocean muna 2004rakarova nyika, zvikurukuru kumaodzanyemba. Kuratidzira kukuru kwairwisana naThaksin kwaitungamirirwa nePeoples Alliance for Democracy PAD kwakatanga muhurumende yake yechipiri semutungamiri wehurumende uye nguva yake yakaguma nechisimba muna 2006. Hurumende yechiuto yakaisa hurumende yechiuto iyo yakagara kwegore. 