as 350 km

Ports and harbors: Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Pattani, Phuket, Sattahip,
Si Racha, Songkhla

Merchant marine: total: 297 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,661,314
GRT/2,564,820 DWT note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered
here as a flag of convenience: Germany 1, Greece 1, Indonesia 1, Japan
1, Norway 24, Panama 1, Singapore 1 (2002 est.) ships by type: bulk
34, cargo 133, chemical tanker 3, combination bulk 1, container 14,
liquefied gas 20, multi-functional large-load carrier 2, passenger 1,
petroleum tanker 65, refrigerated cargo 16, roll on/roll off 2, short-sea
passenger 2, specialized tanker 4

Airports: 110 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 59 over 3,047 m: 7 2,438 to 3,047
m: 10 914 to 1,523 m: 16 under 914 m: 4 (2001) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 22

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 51 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to
1,523 m: 19 under 914 m: 31 (2001)

Heliports: 2 (2001)

Military Thailand

Military branches: Royal Thai Army, Royal Thai Navy (includes Royal
Thai Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force, paramilitary forces (includes
the Border Patrol Police [including Police Aerial Reinforcement Unit],
Thahan Phran, Special Action Forces, Police Aviation Division, Thai
Marine Police, and the Volunteer Defense Corps)

Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)

Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 17,766,501 (2002 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 10,660,530
(2002 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 567,659
(2002 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $1.775 billion (FY00)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.4% (FY00)

Transnational Issues Thailand

Disputes - international: a one km stretch of Malaysia-Thailand
territory at the mouth of the Kolok river remains in dispute, despite
overall success in boundary redemarcation; Cambodia accuses Thailand of
moving or destroying boundary markers and encroachment, of not respecting
its claims, and of sealing off access to the Preah Vihear temple ruin
awarded to Cambodia by the ICJ in 1962; demarcation of boundary with Laos
is nearing completion, but Mekong River islets remain in dispute; Laos
also protests Thai squatters; despite renewed border committee talks,
significant differences remain with Burma over boundary alignment and
the handling of ethnic guerrilla rebels, refugees, smuggling, and drug
traff