Communist insurgency in Thailand

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The Communist insurgency in Thailand was a Cold War–era armed rebellion led primarily by the Communist Party of Thailand against the Thai government from the 1960s to the 1980s, involving guerrilla warfare, rural mobilization, and significant state counterinsurgency operations.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
civil conflict ⓘ
insurgency ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Communist rebellion in Thailand ⓘ
cause domestic political repression in Thailand ⓘ
rural socio-economic grievances ⓘ
spread of communist movements in Southeast Asia ⓘ
conflictArea Northeastern Thailand ⓘ
Northern Thailand ⓘ
linked to: northern Thailand

Southern Thailand ⓘ
linked to: southern Thailand
conflictType communist insurgency ⓘ
counterinsurgencyMethod amnesty programs ⓘ
development programs in rural areas ⓘ
military sweeps and search-and-destroy operations ⓘ
village defense militias ⓘ
country Thailand ⓘ
endTime 1980s ⓘ
goal establishment of a communist state in Thailand ⓘ
overthrow of the Thai monarchy and government ⓘ
governmentPolicyResponse anti-communist legislation ⓘ
internal security operations ⓘ
hasPart counterinsurgency operations by the Thai state ⓘ
guerrilla warfare in rural areas ⓘ
rural mobilization ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
influencedBy Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
Laotian Civil War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
location Thailand ⓘ
mainBelligerent Communist Party of Thailand ⓘ
Government of Thailand ⓘ
linked to: Thai government
natureOfConflict low-intensity conflict ⓘ
opponent Royal Thai Armed Forces ⓘ
Royal Thai Police ⓘ
opposedBy United States ⓘ
partOf Cold War ⓘ
relatedTo Communist insurgency in Laos ⓘ
linked to: Laotian Civil War

Communist insurgency in Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malayan Emergency

Communist insurgency in the Philippines ⓘ
result Thai government victory ⓘ
defeat of the Communist Party of Thailand ⓘ
startTime 1960s ⓘ
supportedBy People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China
timePeriod Cold War era ⓘ
linked to: Cold War
usedTactic ambushes ⓘ
hit-and-run attacks ⓘ
political indoctrination of peasants ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Armed Forces of Thailand → conflictParticipation → Communist insurgency in Thailand ⓘ
Sarawak Communist Insurgency → relatedTo → Communist insurgency in Thailand ⓘ
Royal Thai Air Force → conflict → Communist insurgency in Thailand ⓘ
Royal Thai Army → conflictParticipation → Communist insurgency in Thailand ⓘ
Communist insurgency in Thailand → alsoKnownAs → Communist rebellion in Thailand ⓘ
linked to: Communist insurgency in Thailand
Communist Party of Thailand → conflict → Communist insurgency in Thailand ⓘ