Thai Junta Lifts Nationide Curfew

Thai Junta Lifts Nationide Curfew
In this June 4, 2014 photo, Thai soldiers smile during an event called "Return Happiness to the People" at Bangkok's Victory Monument, Thailand. The military junta that seized power here last month has no plans to return power to the people any time soon. But it has launched an official campaign to bring back something else this divided nation desperately needs - happiness. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
In this June 4, 2014 photo, Thai soldiers smile during an event called "Return Happiness to the People" at Bangkok's Victory Monument, Thailand. The military junta that seized power here last month has no plans to return power to the people any time soon. But it has launched an official campaign to bring back something else this divided nation desperately needs - happiness. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

BANGKOK, June 13 (Reuters) - Thailand's military government lifted a curfew nationwide on Friday, citing the absence of any violence and the need to support the country's tourism sector.

"As the situation has improved and there have been no incidents that can lead to violence ... and in order to improve tourism, the curfew will be lifted in all remaining provinces," the ruling military council said in a televised announcement.

The curfew had been in place from midnight to 4 a.m. in 47 provinces including the capital Bangkok. It had lifted the curfew in 30 provinces, which include the country's main tourist hotspots, over the past week.

(Reporting by Amty Sawitta Lefevre; Writing by Maertin Petty; Editing by Ron Popeski)

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