Siam decided to be neutral so the British or french couldn't get his land. then he modernized his country after that.That was the result of British and French agreement used Siam as the buffer
It was related to the history of the Cambodia. Actually, Cambodia was weak to defend itself from the foreign invaded. That the reason the king of Cambodia decided to put French colony for helping.
Thailand (formerly known as Siam) was never colonized by Europeans.
Thailand/Siam was the only country in Southeast Asia to have never been colonized.
Several Asian nations avoided being colonized by European powers. China and Siam (Thailand), were two of these.
The primary desire from France, which colonized Laos, was to try to colonize Siam, which fizzled out. However, they maintained control from a position of pride in the French colonial endeavor.
Siam.the old name for Thailand was Siam
siam means fast
The kingdom of Siam [Thailand] was never colonized by a European country in the past, Nepal was never colonized by any county in the world. Nepal is small,soldiers were women,kids and old people who fought against British, hills and mountain were advantages, they got the guts to fight against armed force with special kind of weapon named kukuri.
Siam was NEVER Vietnam, Siam was Thailand in the olden days.
Eventhough Mee Siam is called Siam it does not orignated from Thailand.Try finding Mee Siam there they won't understand you.Mee Siam is actually first created by a thai women who lives among malays and she introduced it to the malays but mee siam is not found in Thailand
The historic name of Thailand was the Kingdom of SIAM.