Literally everyone of its neighboring countries was colonized by the West for centuries except them. How were they able to succeed in maintaining their independence when everyone around them took years of political struggle to be free?
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Because those surrounding colonies were controlled by Britain (e.g. Myanmar) and France (e.g. Vietnam) who were in competition with each other and desired a buffer zone between their colonies and that buffer zone was basically the valley that makes up a good portion of Thailand.
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