Thailand is a constitutional monarchy with a strong king and a corrupt society (crime, prostitution, drug dealing and arms racketeering. Approximately 20% of all girls aged 11-17 work in Prostitution. Their current king (Bhumidol) has ruled since 1946 and is one of the world's longest serving rulings. Thailand has never been ruled by a western power. The Thai army has dominated life there for the past 60 years.

Freedom of religion is guaranteed. Buddhism is the majority religion (92%), followed by Muslim (5%). The people are less than 2% Christian. There are currently approximately 1500 missionaries to Thailand. People worship the golden image of the spirit whom they say has protected them and kept them free.

Literacy rate is 94%, Thai is the official language. There are 75 total languages. Complete Bible is available in 15 languages; NT is available in 9 languages. 11 languages have portions being translated and 27 languages have no access to the Scriptures.

Income: $2740.00 per person annually. Total population is 61.4 million.

Prayer concerns:

• Complex culture, spirit worship, occult practices and Buddhism keep the people in Bondage.
• Pray for integrity among church leaders and strong godly leadership.
• The sex industry accounts for 14% of the income of the country and is protected by corrupt government and police leaders.
• Pray for current workers and ask the Lord to send new workers into this harvest.
• Bangkok, the capital, is known as the city of angels and the city of sin. Over 2 million there derive their income from the sex industry.
• Many girls are kidnapped or sold at a very young age into prostitution.
• The rapid growth of AIDS
• Buddhist Monks number over 300,000
• Most of the Muslims live in the southern provinces.

There are several unreached tribes.