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Baby panda charms Thailand

Posted: Monday, June 15, 2009 4:41 PM
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By NBC News' Warangkana Chomchuen

Thailand has been in dire need of some good news recently thanks to political upheaval and the gloomy economic outlook. The surprise birth of a baby panda has cheered the nation.

Officials at the Chiang Mai Zoo in northern Thailand had tried unsuccessfully for years to breed the mammal and were unaware the mother was pregnant. Thailand joins the United States and Japan in a rare club: the only countries outside of China to breed a panda in captivity.

However, the panda cub's parents are on loan from China, making the cub's length of stay limited to only two years, according to an agreement between the two nations. Still, the Thai zoo says it is ready to do what it takes to make sure the panda stays in the country.

Watch NBC News' Warangkana Chomchuen report on the panda below.

VIDEO: Thais cheered by rare baby panda

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