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title: Nightlife in Bangkok

text: Nightlife in Bangkok The nightlife in Bangkok had a reputation in the past for having an element of rowdiness. Besides being the capital of Thailand, Bangkok has been recently reported as having a historic drop in its crime rate. Bangkok's crime fighting program will eventually be adopted by Bangkok's neighboring cities and communities in the near future. On weekdays, most of Bangkok's nightlife takes places in the Red Light Districts of Soi Cowboy and Nana Plaza. Most venues outside of those areas are only open on weekends. Khaosan Road is another popular nightlife spot in Bangkok with mostly young backpackers

title: MRT (Bangkok)

text: the current MRT Blue Line. It continues via Din Daeng housing estates and Bangkok City Hall 2 to Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Sam Liam Din Daeng Junction. Then turn left into Ratchaprarop Road towards Pratunam and turn right into Phetchaburi Road then interchange with BTS Sukhumvit Line at Ratchathewi Station. It continues along Larn Luang Road and Ratchadamnoen Road. Then crosses the Chao Phraya River near Phra Pinklao Bridge, passes Siriraj Hospital and goes along Bangkok Noi Rail line and terminates at Bang Khun Non Station, interchanges with MRT Blue Line again. The total length is 37.5 km. This Line is

title: Bangkok

text: The tree symbol of Bangkok is "Ficus benjamina". The official city slogan, adopted in 2012, reads: As the capital of Thailand, Bangkok is the seat of all branches of the national government. The Government House, Parliament House and Supreme, Administrative and Constitutional Courts are all in the city. Bangkok is the site of the Grand Palace and Chitralada Villa, respectively the official and "de facto" residence of the king. Most government ministries also have headquarters and offices in the capital. Bangkok city proper covers an area of , ranking 69th among the other 76 provinces of Thailand. Of this, about

title: Bombay to Bangkok

text: Bombay to Bangkok Bombay to Bangkok is a Bollywood film starring Shreyas Talpade and Lena Christensen in the lead roles. It is written and directed by Nagesh Kukunoor and produced by Elahe Hiptoola and Rahul Puri. Shankar (Shreyas Talpade), a petty thief, in desperate need of money, steals from the local don (Naseeruddin Shah) and escapes his way into a team of doctors heading for relief work to Bangkok. Unfortunately, he loses the all-important money bag in the chaos. In Bangkok, his world turns upside down at a massage parlour where he bumps into Jasmine (Lena Christensen). The hitch is,

title: Mariamman Temple, Bangkok

text: Mariamman. The practice of worship followed by the devotees is sequentially Ganesh, Kartik and then the main deity. In addition there are also shrines dedicated to the worship of gods Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu. The main hall of the shrine is also decorated with images of Mahalakshmi, Saraswati, Kali, and Hanuman. Stalls near the temple sell flowers, garlands, coconuts and incense to be used in worship, as Mariamman Temple is an important landmark for the Bangkok Tamil Hindu community, as well as a large number of Thai people. It is said that 85% of the Thais visit the temple, many

title: Bangkok Noi Museum

text: Bangkok Noi Museum Bangkok Noi District Museum is a museum in Bangkok, Thailand. It is located on the Thonburi bank of the Chao Phraya River near the Bangkok Noi canal. It was established by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to preserve the rich community history of the area. The area was a historical site for foreign traders given the connection by the canals and the museum has much content reflecting this. The Bangkok Noi Museum records the old trade undertaken by the people in the past. Another old trade preserved in the Bangkok Noi Museum is the polished bronze bowl trade.

title: Bangkok Noi Museum

title: Bangkok

text: or planned by the national government and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. The history of Bangkok dates at least back to the early 15th century, when it was a village on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, under the rule of Ayutthaya. Because of its strategic location near the mouth of the river, the town gradually increased in importance. Bangkok initially served as a customs outpost with forts on both sides of the river, and was the site of a siege in 1688 in which the French were expelled from Siam. After the fall of Ayutthaya to the Burmese

title: Bangkok

text: largely unrestricted building frenzy of the 1980s has transformed the city into an urban jungle of skyscrapers and high rises of contrasting and clashing styles. There are 581 skyscrapers over tall in the city. Bangkok was ranked as the world's eighth tallest city in 2016. A result of persistent economic disparity, many slums have emerged in the city. In 2000 there were over one million people living in about 800 slum settlements. A large number of slums are concentrated near the Bangkok Port in Khlong Toei District. Bangkok has several parks, although these amount to a per capita total park

title: Bangkok Metropolitan Region

text: lots near train stations have sprung up. In a manner similar to Los Angeles, Bangkok is transforming into a region where traffic flows in all directions rather than simply to the central core, as it once did. Suburbanziation has swallowed ever more fields and swamps, though even parts of Bangkok itself are not built-up. The first areas to suburbanize were in Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, and Samut Prakan Provinces. Other areas more recently have agglomerated in Samut Sakhon and Nakhon Pathom. Samut Prakan, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani and Samut Sakhon all have historic city centers. Due to a lack of strict zoning

title: 2015 Bangkok bombing

text: related to Thailand's domestic politics. The government has implicated a range of other suspects in the bombing, mostly Thai opponents of the military regime. The site of the bombing had been cleaned, and the crater paved over with cement, by 19 August. In a separate attack in Bangkok, an explosive device was thrown from a bridge near a boat pier shortly after 13:00 on 18 August 2015, but it caused no injuries. The device, possibly a grenade, appeared to have been thrown at the busy Sathon pier in Bangkok but landed in water where it exploded. The district's deputy police

title: Visit to Godenholm

text: Visit to Godenholm Visit to Godenholm () is a 1952 novella by the German writer Ernst Jünger. It tells the story of a group of people who are invited to the island Godenholm in Scandinavia, where they take part in a mind-altering séance with strong surreal imagery. The book was published in English in 2015, translated by Annabel Moynihan. "Visit to Godenholm" did not receive much attention when it was first published and was for a long time one of Jünger's less read works. In the 1990s it caught the interest of Jünger researchers as a veiled description of one

title: Byculla to Bangkok

text: to her were destined for certain death.” And yet it somehow matches the personalities Zaidi profiles. MPositive described it as "alternately spine-chilling and moving". Anas Byculla to Bangkok Byculla to Bangkok is the second non-fiction book on organised crime and terror in the modern-day Indian metropolitan city of Mumbai written by S. Hussain Zaidi. It was first published by Harper Collins in February 2014. The book is a sequel to "Dongri to Dubai". Hussain completed the story that was left unfinished in his earlier book by including the story of the "local lads" of the infamous mobster Dawood Ibrahim. The

title: Byculla to Bangkok

text: Byculla to Bangkok Byculla to Bangkok is the second non-fiction book on organised crime and terror in the modern-day Indian metropolitan city of Mumbai written by S. Hussain Zaidi. It was first published by Harper Collins in February 2014. The book is a sequel to "Dongri to Dubai". Hussain completed the story that was left unfinished in his earlier book by including the story of the "local lads" of the infamous mobster Dawood Ibrahim. The book deals primarily with three of the mobsters of Mumbai: Chota Rajan, Arun Gawli and Ashwin Naik. The film adaptation is owned by Ram Gopal

title: Bombay to Bangkok

text: she is all Thai and he can't converse with her at all. A ray of hope comes his way the next day when Jasmine turns up desperately in need of a doctor. Shankar, posing as a doctor along with the Sardar buddy Rachinder, jumps into this whirlpool, while Jasmine soon gets pulled into his bumbling adventures while running away from the don and his son (Vijay Maurya). Bombay to Bangkok Bombay to Bangkok is a Bollywood film starring Shreyas Talpade and Lena Christensen in the lead roles. It is written and directed by Nagesh Kukunoor and produced by Elahe Hiptoola

title: History of Bangkok

text: (.) A series of decrees in 1971–1972 resulted in the merger of these provinces and its local administrations, forming the current city of Bangkok which is officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) was created in 1975 to govern the city, and its governor has been elected since 1985. History of Bangkok The history of the city of Bangkok, in Thailand, dates at least to the early–15th century, when it was under the rule of Ayutthaya. Due to its strategic location near the mouth of the Chao Phraya River, the town gradually increased

title: Bangkok

text: in the Old Farang Quarter, where European diplomats and merchants lived in the late 19th to early 20th centuries. Nearby, the Haroon Mosque is the centre of a Muslim community. Newer expatriate communities exist along Sukhumvit Road, including the Japanese community near Soi Phrom Phong and Soi Thong Lo, and the Arab and North African neighbourhood along Soi Nana. Sukhumvit Plaza, a mall on Soi Sukhumvit 12, is popularly known as Korea Town. Bangkok is the economic centre of Thailand, and the heart of the country's investment and development. In 2010, the city had an economic output of 3.142 trillion

title: Washington Square (Bangkok)

text: Washington Square (Bangkok) Washington Square was an entertainment area in Bangkok, Thailand, located for many years at Sukhumvit Soi 22, near the Phrom Phong skytrain station. Popular mainly with Bangkok expatriates and Middle East oil field workers, it contained bars, restaurants, massage parlors and a katoey theatre. "Bourbon Street" was well known for serving Cajun and Creole food and was written up by the "Bangkok Post" in 2005. The area features in Christopher G. Moore's series of crime novels about private eye Vincent Calvino, and the Texas Lone Staar bar was often mentioned in the mystery novels of Dean Barrett,

title: Bangkok

text: in Bangkok or the Metropolitan Region. Chulalongkorn and Mahidol are the only Thai universities to appear in the top 500 of the "QS World University Rankings". King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, also located in Bangkok, is the only Thai university in the top 400 of the 2012–13 "Times Higher Education World University Rankings". Over the past few decades the general trend of pursuing a university degree has prompted the founding of new universities to meet the needs of Thai students. Bangkok became not only a place where immigrants and provincial Thais go for job opportunities, but also for a

title: Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen's Park

text: Group. Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen's Park The Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen's Park, formerly known as The Imperial Queen's Park Hotel, Bangkok, is the largest hotel in Bangkok with his 1,251 rooms. Located on Sukhumvit Road, the hotel stands near the Emporium (Bangkok) complex and the Benjasiri Park. It's large function rooms of our 2,500 sq. m. can seat up to 2000 persons, and professional staff to accommodate any special theme, for conventions and banquets. The hotel was scheduled to close October 2, 2014 for a 3-billion-baht renovation and is expected to be reopened as the Bangkok Marriott Queen's Park. The

title: Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen's Park

text: Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen's Park The Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen's Park, formerly known as The Imperial Queen's Park Hotel, Bangkok, is the largest hotel in Bangkok with his 1,251 rooms. Located on Sukhumvit Road, the hotel stands near the Emporium (Bangkok) complex and the Benjasiri Park. It's large function rooms of our 2,500 sq. m. can seat up to 2000 persons, and professional staff to accommodate any special theme, for conventions and banquets. The hotel was scheduled to close October 2, 2014 for a 3-billion-baht renovation and is expected to be reopened as the Bangkok Marriott Queen's Park. The New

title: Visit to Ireland Medal 1903

text: for all ranks, 1.4 inches (36 mm) in diameter and has a plain straight ribbon bar. Visit to Ireland Medal 1903 King Edward VII’s Visit Commemoration Medal 1903 (Ireland), more commonly referred to as the Visit to Ireland Medal 1903, was awarded to those members of the Irish Police Forces on duty during the various engagements of King Edward VII’s visit to Ireland in 1903. Edward VII made his first official visit to Ireland as King in July and August 1903. Arriving at Kingstown, he stayed a week in Dublin, where he drove in state through the decorated streets of

title: Visit to Ireland Medal 1903

text: Visit to Ireland Medal 1903 King Edward VII’s Visit Commemoration Medal 1903 (Ireland), more commonly referred to as the Visit to Ireland Medal 1903, was awarded to those members of the Irish Police Forces on duty during the various engagements of King Edward VII’s visit to Ireland in 1903. Edward VII made his first official visit to Ireland as King in July and August 1903. Arriving at Kingstown, he stayed a week in Dublin, where he drove in state through the decorated streets of the city in an open carriage, received civic and church dignitaries at Dublin Castle, and reviewed

title: Bangkok Girl

text: Bangkok Girl Bangkok Girl is a documentary film that was both produced and directed by Jordan Clark. It is a low-budget film, having cost $10,000 to produce, and takes sex tourism in Bangkok as its subject. "Bangkok Girl" is 43 minutes long and focuses on Pla, a bargirl who is 19 years old and who guides Clark through the city. The film explores Pla's background and how she came to be where she is. Pla began working as a bargirl at the age of 13, and, while she had managed to avoid being forced into prostitution up until the point

title: Bangkok Post

text: 2000s, the "Bangkok Post" took positions that were, at times, generally favorable to the government. Since the Thai election of 2011, however, the paper has taken a largely anti-Thaksin position aligned with the Yellow Shirts and the Democrat Party. The "Bangkok Post" was at one time well known among expatriates for Bernard Trink's weekly "Nite Owl" column, which covered the nightlife of Bangkok. Trink’s column was published from 1966 (originally in the "Bangkok World") until 2004, when it was discontinued. The newspaper has a letters page where expatriate and Thai regulars exchange opinions on local and international concerns. According to

title: History of Bangkok

text: History of Bangkok The history of the city of Bangkok, in Thailand, dates at least to the early–15th century, when it was under the rule of Ayutthaya. Due to its strategic location near the mouth of the Chao Phraya River, the town gradually increased in importance, and after the fall of Ayutthaya King Taksin established his new capital of Thonburi there, on the river's west bank. King Phutthayotfa Chulalok, who succeeded Taksin, moved the capital to the eastern bank in 1782, to which the city dates its foundation under its current Thai name, "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon". Bangkok has since

title: Bangkok United F.C.

text: the Thai-Japanese Stadium in Bangkok and the second, on 25 April against Indonesia's Arema Malang, was played at the Thai Army Sports Stadium in Bangkok, where tickets cost 50 baht. Both matches ended 0–0. The third, against Japan's Kawasaki Frontale, was played at the Thai Army Sports Stadium. The team has failed to qualify for the next stage. Bangkok University FC always used the Bangkok University Stadium for domestic competitions until the end of the 2008 Thailand Premier League season. The stadium was based on the Bangkok University's Rangsit Campus and had a capacity of 5,000, currently used by the

title: Bangkok Folk Museum

text: standing next to each other. Conjoined with the Folk museum is the BMA local museum of Bang Rak District. It houses records of the history of the district, and an insight into the origins of the early roads and canals. It focuses on the canals and the windmills that once characterised the area. Bangkok Folk Museum Bangkok Folk Museum, or Bangkokian Museum (, ), is a museum in Bangkok, Thailand. It is at house number 273 on Soi Charoen Krung 43, near the Sri Rat Expressway several hundred metres from the left bank of the Chao Phraya River and the

title: Bangkok Folk Museum

text: Bangkok Folk Museum Bangkok Folk Museum, or Bangkokian Museum (, ), is a museum in Bangkok, Thailand. It is at house number 273 on Soi Charoen Krung 43, near the Sri Rat Expressway several hundred metres from the left bank of the Chao Phraya River and the intersection of Soi Charoen Krung 43 and Maha Set Road. Set in a building dating back to the World War II period, the museum offers an insight into the lifestyles of well-off Bangkokians during World War II and its aftermath (1937–1957). The museum was originally the home of the Suravadee family which was

title: From Bangkok to Mandalay

text: letters from a Burmese gentleman who loves her grandma so deeply. Why did she never opened them and why did she keep all these secrets. The grand daughter can’t stop and she has to move on even if the story will break her heart again. From Bangkok to Mandalay From Bangkok to Mandalay (; ) is the film casted by Myanmar and Thailand for the goodwill. In this film, Myanmar movie stars, Nay Toe, Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi, Sai Sai Kham Hlaing and thailand Actress, Pilaiporn Supinchompu (Naam Whan) performed. When grandma told her that she has two lives in

title: From Bangkok to Mandalay

text: From Bangkok to Mandalay From Bangkok to Mandalay (; ) is the film casted by Myanmar and Thailand for the goodwill. In this film, Myanmar movie stars, Nay Toe, Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi, Sai Sai Kham Hlaing and thailand Actress, Pilaiporn Supinchompu (Naam Whan) performed. When grandma told her that she has two lives in one Pin (Pilaiporn Supinchompoo) does’t understand right away. Her grandma left ten letters as inheritance- They have never been opened for half of a century. Grandma set a rule to read it in the location it has been written only. PIN packed a bag with

title: Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Ceylon

text: his footprints in and around Chilaw. He toured and spoke to the people of Chilaw and stayed for a few days in a Corea home called ‘Sigiriya’ in the heart of town. Such was the enthusiasm generated by his visit that a village near Chilaw by name Nainamadama was renamed ‘Swarajya Pura’.' Christobel Aturupane writing in the "Daily News" of Sri Lanka recalled Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Chilaw: 'In 1927 when Gandhi came to Ceylon, he was invited to Chilaw by C.E. Corea, Chairman of the Chilaw Association. C.E. Corea fought relentlessly for Swaraj and the British bureaucracy wilted under

title: Washington Square (Bangkok)

text: who once rented an apartment in the Square. Washington Square has now been completely demolished, pending the construction of a shopping mall and several high rise buildings. The restaurants and a few of the bars have relocated elsewhere on Sukhumit Road, but most have simply closed. The Katoey Theatre is now closed down. The Sportsman Pub is now in that location. Washington Square (Bangkok) Washington Square was an entertainment area in Bangkok, Thailand, located for many years at Sukhumvit Soi 22, near the Phrom Phong skytrain station. Popular mainly with Bangkok expatriates and Middle East oil field workers, it contained

title: Emanuelle in Bangkok

text: Emanuelle in Bangkok Emanuelle in Bangkok (Italian: "Emanuelle nera - Orient Reportage", also known as "Black Emanuelle 2" and "Black Emanuelle Goes East") is an Italian sexploitation film from 1976 directed by Joe D'Amato. It is the second film featuring the investigative journalist known to her readers as 'Emanuelle' (Laura Gemser). With the word "nera" (black) in its original title, "Emanuelle in Bangkok" is considered a genuine sequel to the 1975 film "Black Emanuelle" (which was not directed by Joe D'Amato). The plot follows Emanuelle and her friend Robert (Gabriele Tinti) travelling to Bangkok where she is introduced to sexual

title: Nana, Bangkok

text: a former Thai-Indian politician and real estate entrepreneur, who has been alias ""landlord of Bangkok"", because he owned many land in this area and the first entrepreneur to invest here since the 1970s. The area near the Nana. It's the location of Nana BTS station, which located next to Soi Sukhumvit 7. And in the surrounding area is also the location of the leading hotels and condominiums. It is also home to a large number of shopping centers, restaurants, pubs, bars. Including also a residence of foreigners in a wide range of nationalities and religions. Nana, Bangkok Nana () is

title: A Visit to Santa

text: Pittsburgh, where Christmas toy displays of various stores are used to augment the oversized imagery of Santa's North Pole workshop. There is very little ambient dialogue — the soundtrack primarily consists of holiday music and the narrator's voice, with much of the narration presented in the form of rhymed or free verse. This short, along with many others considered to be time-capsule chronicles of their period, has been frequently classified as camp and shown as November or December filler within Turner Classic Movies' Saturday night–Sunday morning film showcase series, TCM Underground. A Visit to Santa A Visit to Santa is

title: Bangkok Bank

text: China with its head office in Shanghai and six branches. The China branches are in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Xiamen, and the Shanghai Free Trade Zone. Bangkok Bank has 16 international branches in ASEAN countries which form the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). Bangkok Bank is the only Thai bank to have a branch in Myanmar where its Yangon Branch opened on 2 June 2015. Bangkok Bank has a full range of business, investment banking and personal banking services. It is one of the most active global traders of Thai baht and baht-denominated bonds. The bank trades in all major currencies

title: MRT (Bangkok)

text: 6 August 2016, and a planned 19.8 kilometer southern extension from Tao Poon - Phra Pradaeng. The Purple line currently serves travel demand between the northwestern suburbs of Bangkok in Nonthaburi Province to the mid north areas of Bangkok where it links with the Blue line. Eventually, the line will link with the southern area of Thonburi in Phra Pradaeng District, Samut Prakan Province with a southern extension. This extension will serve the new Thai parliament construction site at Kiak Kai intersection and will run along Samsen Road, then passing through the historic old quarter of Bangkok Rattanakosin Island and

title: Pope John Paul II's visit to Ireland

text: kissed the ground as he disembarked. Afterwards he travelled to Killineer, near Drogheda, where he led a Liturgy of the Word for 300,000 people, many from Northern Ireland. There the Pope appealed to the men of violence: "on my knees I beg you to turn away from the path of violence and return to the ways of peace". The Pope had hoped to visit Armagh, but the security situation in Northern Ireland rendered it impossible. Drogheda was selected as an alternative venue as it is situated in the Catholic Archdiocese of Armagh. Returning to Dublin that evening, the Pope was

title: State visit of Elizabeth II to the Republic of Ireland

text: On 18 May, a small protest organised by Republican Sinn Féin occurred peacefully near Croke Park during the Queen's visit to the stadium. During her visit to Dublin Castle, protests near Christ Church Cathedral organised by groups such as Éirígí and the 32 County Sovereignty Movement included hundreds of people, of whom eight were arrested. It was announced in June 2012 that Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness, the deputy first minister of Northern Ireland, would meet and shake hands with the Queen on a royal visit to the province. The Queen's visit to the Republic, widely seen as being successful, was

title: Tourism in Bangkok

text: This was a huge open space once belonging to King Rama VI, who issued a royal command to turn the area into a public park as a gift to Bangkok residents. Princess Mother Memorial Park (อุทยานเฉลิมพระเกียรติสมเด็จพระศรีนครินทราบรมราชชนนี): It was built near the Wat Anongkharam community where Somdej Phra Srinagarindra Boromarajajonani, HRH the Princess Mother, had resided during her childhood. The park includes a full-scale model of the Princess Mother's house and old buildings renovated as exhibition halls displaying the life of Her Royal Highness the Princess Mother as well as the history of the Wat Anongkharam community. Chulalongkorn University (พิพิธภัณฑ์ในจุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย) comprises

title: Bangkok F.C.

text: Bangkok F.C. Bangkok Football Club () or formerly Bangkok Bravo Football Club (renamed in 2010), is a professional Thai football club based in Nonthaburi, Thailand. Bangkok F.C. is a professional Thai football club based in the Bang Mot sub-district, Thung Khru District of Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok F.C. plays in the Thai Division 1 of the Thailand Football League. Bangkok F.C. was founded in 1999. Its first name was Bangkok Bravo F.C., and then it was renamed to Bangkok F.C., in 2010 when Natthaphol Teepsuwan became the owner and the chairman of the club. He also changed the logo to be

title: Bangkok Hilton

text: a heroin addict also imprisoned for drug trafficking. Mandy had used her brother, Billy (Noah Taylor), who has a profound intellectual disability, to carry her drugs as they passed through airport customs but the drugs were detected and both were sentenced to death for trafficking. As Katrina's case works its way through the courts they become friends, with Mandy teaching Katrina the ropes of prison life. Meanwhile, Richard Carlisle convinces Hal to take an active part in the case, pretending to be a lawyer from Carlisle's firm. Hal finds it especially difficult to visit Katrina in the "Bangkok Hilton," because

title: Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China

text: cities of Beijing, Hangzhou and Shanghai with the large American press corps in tow. Nixon dubbed his visit "the week that changed the world", a descriptor that continues to echo in the political lexicon. Repercussions of the Nixon visit continue to this day; while near-immediate results included a significant shift in the Cold War balance—driving a wedge between the Soviet Union and China, resulting in significant Soviet concessions to the U.S.—the trip spawned China's opening to the world and economic parity with capitalist countries. The relationship between China and the U.S. is now one of the most important bilateral relationships

title: Bangkok

text: ranking (for 2016). Euromonitor International ranked Bangkok fourth in its Top City Destinations Ranking for 2016. Bangkok was also named "World's Best City" by "Travel + Leisure" magazine's survey of its readers for four consecutive years, from 2010 to 2013. As the main gateway through which visitors arrive in Thailand, Bangkok is visited by the majority of international tourists to the country. Domestic tourism is also prominent. The Department of Tourism recorded 26,861,095 Thai and 11,361,808 foreign visitors to Bangkok in 2010. Lodgings were made by 15,031,244 guests, who occupied 49.9 percent of the city's 86,687 hotel rooms. Bangkok also

title: Bangkok

text: complex in northern Bangkok, which has a combined area of . The city of Bangkok has a population of 8,280,925 according to the 2010 census, or 12.6 percent of the national population. In 2018, the population has been estimated to be about 10 million. Roughly half are internal Thai immigrants from other provinces. Only 5,692,284 residents, belonging to 2,672,423 households, registered Bangkok as their legal domicile. A large number of Bangkok's daytime population commutes from surrounding provinces in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region, the total population of which is 14,565,547. Bangkok is a cosmopolitan city; the census showed that it is

title: Bangkok Airways

text: 2017 Bangkok Airways received a new Air Operator Certificate, recertified to safety standards set out by ICAO, from the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand. As of September 2018 Bangkok Airways serves the following destinations: Bangkok Airways codeshares with the following airlines: As of February 2018 the Bangkok Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft: Bangkok Airways owns and operates three airports: Bangkok Airways is currently an official sponsor of Chiangrai UTD, Sukhothai FC, Chiang Mai FC, Trat FC, Lampang FC, Krabi FC, Kasetsart FC Bangkok Christian College FC and Borussia Dortmund. Bangkok Airways Bangkok Airways Public Company Limited (,) is

title: Bangkok

text: Bangkok Bangkok (, ) is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (, ) or simply Krung Thep (). The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand, and has a population of over eight million, or 12.6 percent of the country's population. Over fourteen million people (22.2 percent) lived within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region at the 2010 census, making Bangkok the nation's primate city, significantly dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in terms of importance. Bangkok traces its roots to a small trading post during

title: Bangkok

text: the alphabet song to recite the alphabet. The entirety of the lyrics is just the name of the city repeated over and over. The city is now officially known in Thai by a shortened form of the full ceremonial name, "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon", which is colloquially further shortened to "Krung Thep". Bangkok is the city's official English name, as reflected in the name of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. The city of Bangkok is locally governed by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA). Although its boundaries are at the provincial ("changwat") level, unlike the other 76 provinces Bangkok is a special

title: Scala Cinema (Bangkok)

text: has been postponed to the next three years. The latest plan that has been announced for present day of Scala theatre is to narrow down the type of film that used to have every type to only Architecture films to lower the number of users. The government also has plans to keep the structure of Scala cinema and turn it into live museum in the near future. Scala Cinema (Bangkok) The Scala is a historic cinema in Bangkok, Thailand. It is located in the Siam Square shopping area, and forms part of the Apex group of cinemas. Opened in 1969,

title: Bangkok

text: still associated with certain sports. Golf is popular among the upwardly mobile, and while Thailand's more famous clubs are in the countryside, there are several courses in Bangkok itself. Horse riding takes place in a couple of exclusive clubs in the city. Horse racing is very popular in Bangkok and betting on horses is legal. There are two racecourses in Bangkok: "Royal Bangkok Sports Club" and "Royal Turf Club of Thailand". There are many public sporting facilities located throughout Bangkok. The two main centres are the National Stadium complex, which dates to 1938, and the newer Hua Mak Sports Complex,

title: Bangkok Metropolitan Region

text: lacks an effective mass transit network outside Bangkok proper and a clean and effective plan to resolve environmental issues. This form of urbanization is not limited to Bangkok. Traces of it can be found in metropolitan areas where there has been a surge in population. The Pattaya-Chonburi Metropolitan Area is a prime example due to the increase in residential high-rise living and the rush for commercial office space. The shared infrastructure of greater Bangkok and greater Pattaya-Chonburi, being physically close, helps fuel the latter's torrid development. Sources: </small> As of 31 October 2012, some 7,384,934 vehicles were registered in the

title: Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World

text: Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World (formerly, Siam Ocean World) is an aquarium in Bangkok, Thailand, the largest in South East Asia. It covers approximately with hundreds of different species on display in exhibits totaling about . The Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World Bangkok aims to provide both entertainment and education to visitors. Through formal educational programs, the aquarium aims to promote an appreciation and understanding of the aquatic environment in line with the formal Thailand curriculum. This venue practices dual pricing, where Thai nationals and expats pay around half the price that foreigners do. Giant

title: Bangkok Art and Culture Centre

text: "the art centre". After agreement that The Bangkok Contemporary Art Centre should be near Pathumwan junction, the project was stopped in 2001 when Samak Sundaravej became the new governor. He wanted a commercial retail space and private investors. Cultural organizations, artists, students, and media joined together to oppose the suspension. In 2004, Apirak Kosayodhin became Bangkok Governor. The project was presented again and the governor agreed to the original project that the art centre should be designed following the original plan. On 19 August 2005 a "Declaration of Cooperation in the Fields of Art and Culture by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

title: Pope Francis's 2015 visit to North America

text: occasion of his participation at the Eighth World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia." The pope's visit began with a tour of Cuba – the third by a reigning Pope (after Pope John Paul II's 1998 visit, and the subsequent visit in 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI) – where he visited Havana, Holguín, and Santiago de Cuba. The visit to the United States consisted of three cities: Washington, D.C., New York City (including his visit to the United Nations), and Philadelphia which hosted the World Meeting of Families. Tickets to attend public events with the pope were hard to obtain or

title: Bangkok Noi District

text: Barges on the northern rim of Khlong Bangkok Noi near its mouth to the Chao Phraya River houses the royal barges, used for Thailand's Royal Barge Processions on very special events, like 200th anniversary of Bangkok or the 60th anniversary of the accession of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. On the other side of the khlong is the Siriraj Hospital, which was the first western hospital in Thailand. It was originally named Wang Lang hospital, as it was built on the site of a palace (Thai: "Wang"), it was later renamed after Prince Siriraj Kakuta Bhandu, the beloved son of King Rama

title: Wat Ratchaburana, Bangkok

text: inside the main ordination hall, which is the work of Krua In Khong (ขรัวอินโข่ง), a monk and a talented artist who lived during the reign of King Mongkut (Rama IV). Wat Ratchaburana, Bangkok Wat Ratchaburana Ratchaworawihan () or usually shortened to Wat Ratchaburana (วัดราชบูรณะ), commonly known as Wat Liap (วัดเลียบ), is a second-class temple in Maha Nikaya sect of Buddhism, located at 119 Chakkraphet Road, Wang Burapha Phirom Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok at the foot of the Memorial Bridge on the Phra Nakhon side near Pak Khlong Talat and Praisaniyakarn, opposite The Long Corridor of Suankularb Wittayalai School. The

title: Wat Ratchaburana, Bangkok

text: Wat Ratchaburana, Bangkok Wat Ratchaburana Ratchaworawihan () or usually shortened to Wat Ratchaburana (วัดราชบูรณะ), commonly known as Wat Liap (วัดเลียบ), is a second-class temple in Maha Nikaya sect of Buddhism, located at 119 Chakkraphet Road, Wang Burapha Phirom Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok at the foot of the Memorial Bridge on the Phra Nakhon side near Pak Khlong Talat and Praisaniyakarn, opposite The Long Corridor of Suankularb Wittayalai School. The temple was built in the late Ayutthaya period by wealthy Chinese merchant named "Liap" (เลี้ยบ). Apart from the beautiful tradition architectures and Buddha statues, the highlight is the wall paintings

title: Ban Noen, Bangkok

text: and reverberate. In addition, not far from here is also the location of another community is "Ban Bu" (บ้านบุ), a community with a bronze work casting career. It's located on south bank of Khlong Bangkok Noi (Bangkok Noi canal) and during World War II, it's the only community of Thonburi side adjacent to the Imperial Japanese Army base. It was often bombed by Allied planes at night. The people who living near Ban Noen in the past, they have a career in "Khao maomai" (ข้าวเม่าหมี่) (old fashioned pounded unripe rice snack), a kind of traditional Thai snack since ancient times.

title: Visit to Picasso

text: Vallauris. In 1951 "Visit to Picasso" was nominated for best documentary by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Haesaerts shows opening images of Picasso books, then switches to a series of works by the artist in chronological order. Then the artist paints and sculpts art works. Visit to Picasso Visit to Picasso ("Bezoek aan Picasso") is a Belgian documentary film from 1949 about painter Pablo Picasso, directed by Belgian filmmaker Paul Haesaerts. In an effort to capture the nature of Picasso's creative process, Paul Haesaerts asked the Spanish painter to apply his magical brushstrokes to large glass

title: Places to Visit

text: marking the first UK release of the tracks. "Sadie's Anniversary" and "Half Timbered" are tracks omitted from the "Misadventures Of Margaret" soundtrack. Sadie is incidentally the name of the band's longtime backing singer's daughter. Debsey, the backing singer, has been with the band since the early days of them performing live. She is also Sarah Cracknell's sister-in-law. "We're in the City" is featured in the 1999 film "But I'm a Cheerleader". "Places to Visit" received mixed reviews from the majority of critics. Places to Visit Places to Visit is an Extended Play released by British group Saint Etienne in May

title: Bangkok Land

text: Bangkok Land Bangkok Land () is a large property holding company in Thailand. It is involved in city projects which consist of the creation of entire cities in the area upcountry from Bangkok. These projects include city government and maintenance facilities in addition to commercial, residential and infrastructure installations. Typically, Bangkok Land will be involved in establishing the first city government, providing ballot boxes and organizing political committees to do so. Along with its competitor Land and Houses of Bangkok, Bangkok Land has a land bank and real estate collection. It is listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. Bangkok

title: Bangkok F.C.

text: National Team. He managed the team from 2012 to 2013. Bangkok F.C. ended the 2013 season in 4th place of the Division 1 table, so the team was not promoted to the Thai Premier League. In 2014 Head Coach of the team was Pairoj Borwonwatanadilok former assistance coach of Thailand National Team. Bangkok F.C. Bangkok Football Club () or formerly Bangkok Bravo Football Club (renamed in 2010), is a professional Thai football club based in Nonthaburi, Thailand. Bangkok F.C. is a professional Thai football club based in the Bang Mot sub-district, Thung Khru District of Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok F.C. plays

title: Pope Francis's visit to Ireland

text: Day Centre for Homeless People. Crowds in Dublin were one person deep, less than for the St Patrick's Day parade, but including many people from abroad who had come to Ireland especially to see the Pope. The first day of the Pope's visit concluded with a crowd of an estimated 82,500 — less than full capacity — attending the Festival of Families at Croke Park where various entertainers performed. On the second day of the visit, Pope Francis was flown to Ireland West Airport in County Mayo and visited Knock Shrine. Traffic tailbacks of up to eight kilometres around the

title: W Bangkok

text: W Bangkok W Bangkok is a five-star luxury hotel in Bangkok owned in part and managed by Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide and marketed under the brand W Hotels. W Bangkok was officially opened in December 7, 2012. P&T Group, Thailand, the architecture designed W Bangkok with interior design by S.O.D.A (Thailand) and Avroko. The building contains 31-floors and 402 guest rooms. W Bangkok is located opposite to Empire Tower, the office tower and officially address on North Sathorn road. W Bangkok is currently ties with The House on Sathorn (Sathorn Mansion), the Thailand heritage as culinary experience venue. The

title: Bangkok F.C.

text: a bull on a background of the Giant Swing, which is a symbol of Bangkok. Bangkok F.C. uses Chaloem Phrakiat Bang Mod Stadium as their home field. Bangkok F.C. played in Regional League Division 2 for three seasons after relegation from Thai Division 1 League in 2007. Their first season in Division 2 was a disaster as the then known Bangkok Bravo finished well adrift at the bottom of the league. The following year in Bangkok Division 2 ended with mid-table respectability. In 2010 the newly named Bangkok FC finished the league season strongly to win Bangkok Thai Division 2

title: Pope Francis's visit to Ireland

text: Peter's Square. Roman Catholic Primate of All Ireland Archbishop Eamon Martin and Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin announced the visit's schedule in Maynooth On the morning of 11 June 2018. The Government of Ireland also launched an official website for the papal visit on that date. Pope Francis was greeted by Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Simon Coveney and his family. He then travelled in a Škoda Rapid (his preferred mode of transport for the visit to Dublin), to Áras an Uachtaráin, where he met with President Michael D. Higgins, his wife Sabina Coyne, government minister Katherine

title: Bangkok Corrections Museum

text: are life-sized waxed figures involved in execution scenes, depicting gruesome scenes with swords and torture. The second and third blocks of the Bangkok Corrections Museum contrastingly exhibit the finest items made by the prison inmates during their imprisonment such as furniture and handicraft, some of which are for sale. Cell Block 9 however, is considerably more brutal, exhibiting the execution chamber and quarters where they would eat their last meal. Numerous weapons used in the old penal system are on display, notably the man-sized rattan ball with sharp nails pointing inwards. Bangkok Corrections Museum The Bangkok Corrections Museum is an

title: Bangkok

text: throughout the country, the city is home to all major film studios. Bangkok has dozens of cinemas and multiplexes, and the city hosts two major film festivals annually, the Bangkok International Film Festival and the World Film Festival of Bangkok. Traditional Thai art, long developed within religious and royal contexts, continues to be sponsored by various government agencies in Bangkok, including the Department of Fine Arts' Office of Traditional Arts. The SUPPORT Foundation in Chitralada Palace sponsors traditional and folk handicrafts. Various communities throughout the city still practice their traditional crafts, including the production of "khon" masks, alms bowls, and

title: Bangkok BRT

text: Bangkok BRT The Bangkok BRT is a bus rapid transit system in Bangkok, Thailand. Of five routes that were originally planned, only one line has been operating since 2010, with the other routes cancelled. Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) announced the whole system might be cancelled at the end of April 2017 due to low ridership and financial losses, however a subsequent opinion survey carried out by the BMA found there was a demand for the service to be retained. In March 2017 the Bangkok Governor announced the service would continue, with increased ticket prices and changed operator to Bangkok Mass

title: Bangkok Insurance

text: Bangkok Insurance The Bangkok Insurance Public Company Limited is a Thai insurance company based in Bangkok. The company is one of the leading insurance companies in the country. Bangkok Insurance PCL. was established on 15 April 1947 as Asia Insurance Co., Ltd. under the management led by Chin Sophonpanich, with a paid up capital of 5 million baht. Its office was located on Anuwong Road, Samphanthawong District, in Bangkok. Later in 1956, the company relocated to Asia Building on Suapa Road in 1956. In 1964, the company was renamed to "Bangkok Insurance Company Limited". A new office was constructed on

title: Bangkok

text: encroachment by hawkers and street vendors, and a hostile environment for cyclists and pedestrians, make cycling and walking unpopular methods of getting around in Bangkok. Bangkok has an extensive bus network providing local transit services within the Greater Bangkok area. The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) operates a monopoly on bus services, with substantial concessions granted to private operators. Buses, minibus vans, and song thaeo operate on a total of 470 routes throughout the region. A separate bus rapid transit system owned by the BMA has been in operation since 2010. Known simply as the BRT, the system currently consists

title: Bangkok

text: League, have large followings in Bangkok as well as other Thai urban centres. In recent years, the Thai League has been gaining popularity. Police Tero based in Bangkok and Muangthong United based in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region are leading clubs. For more information on this topic, see Football in Bangkok. While sepak takraw can be seen played in open spaces throughout the city, especially by the working class, football and other modern sports are now more of the norm. Western sports were introduced during the reign of King Chulalongkorn, and were originally only available to the privileged. Such status is

title: Bangkok

text: model is weakening with the rise of cable television, which has many local providers. There are numerous cable and satellite channels based in Bangkok. TrueVisions is the major subscription television provider in Bangkok and Thailand, and it also carries international programming. Bangkok was home to 40 of Thailand's 311 FM radio stations and 38 of its 212 AM stations in 2002. Broadcast media reform stipulated by the 1997 Constitution has been progressing slowly, although many community radio stations have emerged in the city. Likewise, Bangkok has dominated the Thai film industry since its inception. Although film settings normally feature locations

title: Garden International School Bangkok

text: achievement. In addition to academics, the school provides other opportunities for students to develop themselves based on experiential education; outdoor trips and opportunities to work with other schools in extra curricular activities such as the Tournament of Minds where the school qualified for the International finals in 2017 for both Maths and Engineering as well as Language and Literature; and also regularly participates in the International Day of Forests Debates . Garden International School has two campuses separated by Yen Akart Road, which puts its location in downtown Bangkok near both Silom and Sathorn Road, two of Bangkok's commercial hubs.

title: Byculla to Bangkok

text: Varma and Red Chillies Entertainment. "Byculla to Bangkok" is largely a story about Mumbai's Hindu gangsters. The book focuses on how young people were recruited and then they later went on to become mobsters of the city. Major characters in this book include are Arun Gawli, wheelchair-bound Ashwin Naik who was also a civil engineer of the city and an accomplished gangster, and Chhota Rajan. Chotta Rajan was earlier the deputy of Dawood, but later became his foe. The book is written with reference to police case files. Mumbai police's top officials like Vijay Salaskar, Pradeep Sharma and their squads,

title: Bangkok Malay

text: Bangkok Malay Bangkok Malay also referred as Bangkok Melayu or Nayu is the local variant of Malay spoken by ethnic Malays living in Bangkok and its surrounding areas. It arose after the intermingling of Malay community from Southern Thailand and slowly diverge as a distinct variety of Malay. Despite historical Malay presence in what is now Bangkok dated as early as Ayutthaya era, the dialect nonetheless only began to develop after the settlement of deportees from Kedah, Kelantan, Pattani, Satun and Yaring dating from 1786. The speakers of Bangkok Malay can be found throughout the city, with higher concentration in

title: Khlong Bangkok Noi

text: Khlong Bangkok Noi Khlong Bangkok Noi (; lit "Bangkok Noi Canal") is a "khlong" (คลอง; canal) in Bangkok; its name is the origin of the name Bangkok Noi District. The source of this canal is similar to the Khlong Bangkok Yai. When King Chairachathirat of Ayutthaya Kingdom in 1552, he was ordered to dig through the Chao Phraya River to shorten the travel time. It became the two canals are Khlong Bangkok Yai and Khlong Bangkok Noi like today. Although Khlong Bangkok Noi is a shorten canal, but it can also be linked to many other canals such as Khlong

title: Siege of Bangkok

text: to end the stalemate with the French in Bangkok, on 24 June Phetracha released the two sons of Desfarges, whom he had been holding as hostages since the visit of General Desfarges to Lopburi in early June, as well as all other French prisoners. Although he tried to make peace with the French, Phetracha managed to eliminate all the viable candidates to the throne: the two brothers of the king were executed on 9 July 1688. King Narai himself died on July 11, possibly with the help of poisoning. Phetracha was crowned king on 1 August 1688, in Ayutthaya. He

title: Bangkok Love Story

text: remains elusive, hiding from Iht when he visits the hideout, but leaving signs that he's there so Iht will return. Though Maek avoids making contact with Iht, eventually he goes to visit his mother and brother, and Iht corners him at the entrance to the building, declaring his love for Maek and stressing how much he misses him. They kiss passionately. They are unfortunately covertly observed by Sai, Iht's live-in fiancée. Maek's dream is to take his mother and brother away from Bangkok to the mountains of Mae Hong Son Province. But after Maek's mother overhears that Mhok has prostituted

title: MRT (Bangkok)

text: many historical places in Dusit and Phra Nakhon District like the national library, Thewet market, Bang Lamphu, the Democracy Monument, the Golden Mount, Phahurat near Chinatown. It then runs near the Memorial Bridge over the river to Wongwian Yai roundabout before continuing south to Chom Thong and ends in Rat Burana District. If construction commences in 2019, the southern extension should open in 2025. The Blue line, once completely extended, will form a lariat-shaped loop encircling the city. It is eventually planned that the combined route distance of all MRT lines covering major areas of Bangkok will be total of

title: History of Bangkok

text: country abolished absolute monarchy in 1932. It was subject to Japanese occupation and Allied bombing during World War II. With the war over in 1945 British and Indian troops landed in September, and during their brief occupation of the city disarmed the Japanese troops. A significant event following the return of the young king Ananda Mahidol, intended to defuse post-war tensions lingering between Bangkok's ethnic Chinese and Thai people, was his visit to Bangkok's Chinatown Sam Peng Lane (). As a result of pro–Western bloc treaties Bangkok rapidly grew in the post-war period as a result of United States developmental

title: The Atlanta Hotel (Bangkok)

text: front door. The Atlanta Hotel (Bangkok) The Atlanta hotel is a hotel located on Sukhumvit Road, Soi 2 in Bangkok, Thailand. Opened in 1952 by Dr. Max Henn, the hotel is known for its art deco interior design. The first owner of The Atlanta, Dr. Max Henn, grew up in Germany and moved to Bangkok in 1947, where he married Mukda Buresbamrungkarn, a Thai artistocrat. Henn purchased the Atlanta's building, a former laboratory, the same year and set up the Atlanta Chemical Company to manufacture snakebite antivenom. He opened the hotel in 1952 when the original chemical venture failed. The

title: The Atlanta Hotel (Bangkok)

text: The Atlanta Hotel (Bangkok) The Atlanta hotel is a hotel located on Sukhumvit Road, Soi 2 in Bangkok, Thailand. Opened in 1952 by Dr. Max Henn, the hotel is known for its art deco interior design. The first owner of The Atlanta, Dr. Max Henn, grew up in Germany and moved to Bangkok in 1947, where he married Mukda Buresbamrungkarn, a Thai artistocrat. Henn purchased the Atlanta's building, a former laboratory, the same year and set up the Atlanta Chemical Company to manufacture snakebite antivenom. He opened the hotel in 1952 when the original chemical venture failed. The first guests

title: Bangkok Post

text: Bangkok Post The Bangkok Post is a broadsheet English-language daily newspaper published in Bangkok, Thailand. The first issue was sold on 1 August 1946. It had four pages and cost 1 baht, a considerable amount at the time when a baht was a paper note. It is Thailand's second oldest newspaper. (The first newspaper published in Thailand was The Bangkok Recorder which began publishing in 1844, both in Thai and English.) "Bangkok Post's" daily circulation is 110,000, 80 percent distributed in Bangkok and the remainder nationwide. From July 2016 until mid–May 2018, the editor of the "Post" was Umesh Pandey.

title: Bangkok University

text: Bangkok University Bangkok University (), established in 1962, is one of the oldest and largest private, non-profit universities in Thailand. The main campus is in the central business district of Bangkok. The university expanded its operation to a second campus in Rangsit, Pathum Thani Province to accommodate its rapid growth. The university president is Mr Petch Osathanugrah (2016). Using Thai as the language of instruction, Bangkok University awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees. The university also has an international program, using English as the language of instruction. The international program awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Bangkok University

title: Bangkok Bank

text: Bangkok Bank Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited (, RTGS: Thanakhan Krung Thep) is one of the largest commercial banks in Thailand. Its branch network includes over 1,165 branches, As of September 2018 within Thailand, with 32 international branches in 15 economies, including wholly owned subsidiaries in Malaysia and China. Bangkok Bank has branches in London and New York to complement its Southeast Asian network. Bangkok Bank was established in 1944 and was listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand in 1975. One of Thailand's largest banks, Bangkok Bank has an extensive distribution channel network to serve a variety of customers.

title: Bangkok Biennial

text: Art Biennale, the Bangkok Biennial is one of three very different biennial art events all inaugurated in Thailand in the second half of 2018 The founders of the Bangkok Biennial have remained anonymous to date. They have claimed this is in an effort to work against traditional 'top-down' approaches An unknown number of artists were included in the first edition of the Bangkok Biennial. Originally billed as "150+" artists , the event's website, published materials and mobile application listed 249 artists when the event opened in July 2018. The actual number is likely higher. Bangkok Biennial The Bangkok Biennial is

title: Bangkok Summer

text: and several Chinese actors are also acting in this big budget picture. The film started production in August 2010 in Bangkok. Most of the film was shot in Bangkok. The movie was a critical and commercial failure at the box office adding to other collapsed Pramod-Pappan ventures. Bangkok Summer Bangkok Summer is a 2011 Malayalam film directed by Pramod Pappan Team. It features Rahul Madhav, Unni Mukundan and Richa Panai. The main themes of the movie are love, betrayal, money and race. The film tells the story of Shrihari who, in search of his brother Madavan, makes it to Bangkok.

title: Bangkok BRT

text: in some way accessible by ramps for physically handicapped. Bangkok BRT The Bangkok BRT is a bus rapid transit system in Bangkok, Thailand. Of five routes that were originally planned, only one line has been operating since 2010, with the other routes cancelled. Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) announced the whole system might be cancelled at the end of April 2017 due to low ridership and financial losses, however a subsequent opinion survey carried out by the BMA found there was a demand for the service to be retained. In March 2017 the Bangkok Governor announced the service would continue, with

title: Football in Bangkok

text: clubs based on Bangkok. Football in Bangkok Football is the popular sport, both in terms of participants and spectators, in Bangkok. In Bangkok, Thai League has been gaining popularity. There are many football clubs basde on Bangkok. Bangkok has several of Thailand's significant football clubs, and the city is home to many football clubs. Especiallly, Thai Farmers Bank F.C. won Asian Club Championship twice in 1994 and 1995. Also, Police Tero reached the 2002–03 AFC Champions League final. Bangkok held King's Cup since 1968 The table below lists all Bangkok clubs. The table below lists all Tokyo clubs. There are

title: Bangkok Bank

text: code is "BKKBTHBK". For the fiscal year ending 31 December 2016 (FY2016), Bangkok Bank had revenues of 140,920 million baht, net profit of 31,815 million baht, and total assets of 2,944,230 million baht. Presidents of Bangkok Bank since its founding are: Bangkok Bank Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited (, RTGS: Thanakhan Krung Thep) is one of the largest commercial banks in Thailand. Its branch network includes over 1,165 branches, As of September 2018 within Thailand, with 32 international branches in 15 economies, including wholly owned subsidiaries in Malaysia and China. Bangkok Bank has branches in London and New York to

title: Bangkok Land

text: It primarily owns and manages approximately 140,000 square meters of exhibition and convention space with other related supporting facilities in south-east Asia. Bangkok Land Public Company Limited is based in Nonthaburi, Thailand. Bangkok Land Bangkok Land () is a large property holding company in Thailand. It is involved in city projects which consist of the creation of entire cities in the area upcountry from Bangkok. These projects include city government and maintenance facilities in addition to commercial, residential and infrastructure installations. Typically, Bangkok Land will be involved in establishing the first city government, providing ballot boxes and organizing political committees

title: Bangkok Hilton

text: Bangkok Hilton Bangkok Hilton is a three-part Australian mini-series, made in 1989 by Kennedy Miller Productions and directed by Ken Cameron. The title of the mini-series is, in the story, the nickname of a fictional Bangkok prison in which the protagonist is imprisoned, a mordant reference to Hanoi Hilton, the prison known as such used by North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Bangkok Hilton begins as Hal Stanton (Denholm Elliott) leaves Bangkok by ship in the present day. He explains that he has been travelling for years, since a shameful incident when he was a prisoner of the Japanese right

title: Bangkok Biennial

text: Bangkok Biennial The Bangkok Biennial is a biennial exhibition of contemporary art which was inaugurated in 2018. The first edition ran from July 1st until September 30th . It was the first biennial/biennale event to take place in Thailand . Organised in a decentralised and open-access manner, the 2018 Bangkok Biennial did not have a central curatorial team and was made up of autonomous, self-organised pavilions. Most of the pavilions were located in the city of Bangkok, additional pavilion were located in other parts of Thailand and in the Netherlands and Japan online. Preceding the Thailand Biennale and the Bangkok

title: W Bangkok

text: House on Sathorn was built in 1889 during the reign of King Rama V and originally owned by Luang Sathorn Rajayutka, the wealthy Chinese businessman who developed Sathorn Canal (Klong Sathorn). In 1920s, the home was converted into The Hotel Royal. Later from 1948 to 1999, this home served as Russian embassy. In 200s, the mansion was under renovation as part of W Bangkok. In 2015, this 127-year-old mansion was officially opened as The House on Sathorn, the new dining venue in Bangkok W Bangkok W Bangkok is a five-star luxury hotel in Bangkok owned in part and managed by

title: Bangkok Marathon

text: "half marathon". In addition to the half-marathon error, runners in the 10 km race reported that their GPS watches measured that race's length as approximately 9.7 km. Key: Bangkok Marathon Bangkok Marathon, officially BDMS Bangkok Marathon, is the marathon held annually in Bangkok, Thailand. The marathon is recognized by the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS). Bangkok Dusit Medical Services is the title sponsor of the marathon. The organizers of the marathon are the National Jogging Association of Thailand and local event management company Amazing Field. The race is also recognized by the Association of International Marathons and

title: Bangkok Insurance

text: In 2010, the chairman and president was Chai Sophonpanich. The registered capital was 760.5 million baht. Bangkok Insurance The Bangkok Insurance Public Company Limited is a Thai insurance company based in Bangkok. The company is one of the leading insurance companies in the country. Bangkok Insurance PCL. was established on 15 April 1947 as Asia Insurance Co., Ltd. under the management led by Chin Sophonpanich, with a paid up capital of 5 million baht. Its office was located on Anuwong Road, Samphanthawong District, in Bangkok. Later in 1956, the company relocated to Asia Building on Suapa Road in 1956. In

title: Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

text: Bangkok Metropolitan Administration The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (; ) is the local government of Bangkok (also called "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" in Thai), which includes the capital of the Kingdom of Thailand. The government is composed of two branches: the executive (or the Governor of Bangkok) and the legislative (or Bangkok Metropolitan Council). The administration's roles are to formulate and implement policies to manage Bangkok. Its purview includes transport services, urban planning, waste management, housing, roads and highways, security services, and the environment. According to the Thailand Future Foundation, Bangkok employs a workforce of 97,000, including 3,200 municipal officers in

title: Bangkok

text: flat and low-lying, with an average elevation of above sea level. Most of the area was originally swampland, which was gradually drained and irrigated for agriculture by the construction of canals ("khlong") which took place from the 16th to 19th centuries. The course of the river as it flows through Bangkok has been modified by the construction of several shortcut canals. The city's waterway network served as the primary means of transport until the late 19th century, when modern roads began to be built. Up until then, most people lived near or on the water, leading the city to be