Thaification
Anouvong, the last of the kings of Lan Xang (Million Elephants) rebelled against Siamese suzerainty, and lost in a war that raged on for two years. Korat was then repopulated by forced migration of Mekong valley Lao, with a heavy influx of voluntary Chinese migration. The plateau was claimed by Siam when France and Siam divided Lao territories following the Franco-Siamese War of 1893. Roi Et was established early in the 20th Century to further Siamese control, and to further assimilation of the population into the Kingdom.
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