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In 2016 two waitresses in the plaza's Bangkok Bunnies go-go bar said that they received monthly wages equivalent to £130 (US$165) and daily tips equivalent to £11–16 (US$14–20). This compares with a 2016 average monthly wage in Thailand of around 13,800 baht (US$388). As of July 2019, Nana Plaza housed 30 bars and three "hotels".
Soi Cowboy ( Thai: ซอยคาวบอย, RTGS : Soi Khaoboi, pronounced [sɔ̄ːj kʰāːw.bɔ̄ːj]) is a short (150 meter long) street ( soi) in Bangkok, Thailand, with some 40, mostly go-go bars. It caters mainly to tourists and expatriates. [1] Soi Cowboy contains one of the three largest groups of foreign-oriented bars in Bangkok ...
The Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers (APNSW) is a regional organization, headquartered in Thailand, of sex worker-led organizations. [105] It exists to promote and protect the health and human rights of sex workers in Asia. It supports the full decriminalization of sex work and the recognition of sex work as work.
Soi Pratuchai (alias: "Soi Twilight"; [1] Thai: ซอยประตูชัย, meaning " Triumphal arch soi ") was walkway ("soi") in the Bangrak district of Bangkok, Thailand known for being a gay -related entertainment district, [2] [3] catering mainly, though not exclusively, to foreign tourists and expatriates. [1] While Soi Pratuchai ...
Human Rights lawyer Arnon Nampa, 39, was handed a jail sentence of two years and 20 days and a fine of 100 baht ($2.70) for royal insult, breaching of an emergency decree and other charges for ...
Patpong ( Thai: พัฒน์พงศ์, RTGS : Phat Phong, pronounced [pʰát pʰōŋ]) is an entertainment district in Bangkok 's Bang Rak District, Thailand, catering mainly, though not exclusively, to foreign tourists and expatriates. [1] While Patpong is internationally known as a red light district at the heart of Bangkok's sex ...
Non-fatal injuries. 222. The Santika Club fire was a fireworks accident and nightclub fire that occurred on Thursday 1 January 2009, in the Santika Club in Ekkamai, Watthana, Bangkok, where New Year celebrations were taking place. 67 people were killed and another 222 injured when fire swept through the club during the New Year's celebration as ...
The nightlife in Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand, has traditionally had a reputation for rowdiness, but in 2011 it was reported that the city's crime rate had decreased. [1] On weekdays, most of Bangkok's nightlife [2] takes places in the Red Light Districts of Soi Cowboy and Nana Plaza. [3] Most venues outside of those areas are only ...