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Close to a shrine according to the BBC

[sevenOP]

mikey4444 >"I am slightly puzzled why so many people visit Thailand, when it is effectively a military dictatorship, and has plenty of civil unrest over the last few months and years ? What is this desire to go to dangerous places for a holiday all about ?"

Interesting that you mention this mikey444 as the media seems to think that this military dictatorship and civil unrest are unrelated. The ruler and current president Prayut, who has threatened to execute reporters

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/27/thai-prime-minister-execute-reporters-us-troubled_n_6950642.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayut_Chan-o-cha#.22Returning_happiness_to_the_people.22_speeches