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Managed by. Thai Department of Corrections. Bang Kwang Central Prison ( Thai: เรือนจำกลางบางขวาง; RTGS : Rueancham Klang Bang Khwang) is a men's prison in Nonthaburi Province, Thailand, on the Chao Phraya River about 11 km north of Bangkok. It is a part of the Department of Corrections . Bang Kwang is the ...
The 2010 Thai political protests were a series of political protests that were organised by the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) (also known as "Red Shirts") [3] in Bangkok, Thailand from 12 March–19 May 2010 against the Democrat Party -led government. The UDD called for Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to dissolve ...
Washington Square (Bangkok) Coordinates: 13°43′55″N 100°33′58″E. Washington Square was an entertainment area in Bangkok, Thailand, located for many years at Sukhumvit Soi 22, near the Phrom Phong skytrain station. It contained bars, restaurants, massage parlors and a katoey theatre.
The project left over 1,000 concrete pillars standing idle along the planned routes, described by the Bangkok Post as "a Bangkok version of Stonehenge". Revivals of the project were proposed periodically by both Hopewell and SRT, but were always shot down by the government of then Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
The election took place on the same day as the gubernatorial election in Bangkok, and was the first local election held in Pattaya since June 2012. Out of 38,320 registerred voters, there was only a 49.96% turnout, far below the goal of 70%. The election was won by Poramet Ngampichet of the Rao Rak Pattaya party with 14,349 votes.
Don Mueang International Airport (Thai: ท่าอากาศยานดอนเมือง, RTGS: Tha-akatsayan Don Mueang, pronounced [tʰâː.ʔāː.kàːt.sā.jāːn dɔ̄ːn mɯ̄a̯ŋ] ⓘ, or colloquially as สนามบินดอนเมือง, pronounced [sā.nǎːm.bīn dɔ̄ːn mɯ̄a̯ŋ]) (IATA: DMK, ICAO: VTBD), known as Bangkok International Airport before 2006 ...
Magnolias Waterfront Residences at Iconsiam, completed in 2018, is Bangkok’s tallest building at 318 metres (1,043 feet), followed by King Power Mahanakhon Tower at 314 metres (1,034 feet). Several skyscraper projects are currently under construction or in the planning phase, including the 92-storey 437 metres/1,435 feet tall Signature Tower ...
The 2012 Bangkok bombings were a series of explosions that occurred in Bangkok, Thailand on 14 February 2012, injuring five people. Thai authorities said that the bombings were a botched attempt by Iranian nationals to assassinate Israeli diplomats. [1]