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87 unusual facts about Bangkok


1503d Air Transport Group

As United States military forces began to increase in Indochina, more and more equipment moved into first Tan Son Nhut Air Base in South Vietnam, then to Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base, near Bangkok, and in early 1965 to the huge new Cam Ranh Air Base with the jet C-141 Starlifter transports.

2008 World University Cycling Championship

Prague, Czech Republic and Bangkok, Thailand were also candidate cities to organize the championship.

2011 ACC Under-19 Elite Cup

The ACC Under-19 Elite Cup 2011 was a cricket tournament organised by the ACC for Under-19 teams from its member nations held in Bangkok, Thailand on 1-10 Feb 2011.

676th Bombardment Squadron

The squadron flew its first combat mission on 5 June 1944 against the Makasan railroad yards at Bangkok, Thailand.

Allegations of CIA drug trafficking

In order to provide covert funds for the Kuomintang (KMT) forces loyal to General Chiang Kai-shek, who were fighting the Chinese communists under Mao Zedong, the CIA helped the KMT smuggle opium from China and Burma to Bangkok, Thailand, by providing airplanes owned by one of their front businesses, Air America.

Andrew Bolt

His time as a reporter included a stint as the newspaper's Asia correspondent, based first in Hong Kong and later in Bangkok.

Antonio López Habas

In January 2012, López was appointed director of the Target Football Academy in Bangkok, Thailand.

Ara Wilson

Her work examines the cultural, social, and sexual aspects of Bangkok economies, as well as illustrating the inaccuracies of Eurocentric ideology.

Arulmigu Sri Rajakaliamman Glass Temple

He was in a tuk-tuk (auto-rickshaw) in Bangkok when he saw a light shining like a diamond, some 2 km away.

The Guru had the inspiration to rebuild the temple in glass during one of his trips to Bangkok.

Ashok Mitra

He taught at the UN Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East in Bangkok, Thailand before returning to Delhi in 1961.

Asian and Pacific Coconut Community

In Bangkok on 12 December 1968, the Agreement establishing the Asian Coconut Community was concluded and signed by India, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

Asoka Handagama

Novel in the form, this minimalist film travelled all around the world, was critically acclaimed at more than 50 international film festivals, and won numerous awards in Singapore, Chonju, Delhi, Houston, Bangkok and Tokyo.

Bangkok 11th district

Bangkok 11th district is an electoral district in Bangkok.

Bangkokthonburi University

Bangkok Thonburi College is a higher education institute located in Thawi Watthana District, Bangkok, Thailand.

Beatrice Heuser

Beatrice Heuser (Bangkok, 1961) is an historian and political scientist.

Benito Guerra, Jr.

As of the 2012, PWRC champion Benito Guerra, Jr. is invited to participate in the 25th edition of the Race of Champions, from 14 to 16 December in Bangkok along with racing legends like Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel.

Bhopal School of Social Sciences

The college offers an International MBA through collaboration with Assumption University, Bangkok in keeping with our sensitivity to global needs.

Catholic Syrian Bank

In 1994, Sura Chansrichawla, Chairman of the Bangkok-based Siam Vidya Group, had acquired 36.18 percent equity of Catholic Syrian Bank.

CentralPlaza Grand Rama IX

Central Plaza Grand Rama 9 is a shopping mall on Rama 9 Road in Huai Khwang, Bangkok.

Cheung Tze-keung

He reportedly gave away tens of thousands dollars to a young street painter when in Bangkok.

Christopher Curwen

He returned to the service's London headquarters in 1958, had another spell in Bangkok from 1961 and then two years in Kuala Lumpur.

Demobilisation of the Australian military after World War II

By the end of September most of the prisoners recovered from Singapore, Java and Sumatra had been returned to Australia along with about half of those recovered from the Bangkok area.

Dietrich v The Queen

On 17 December 1986, the accused, a career criminal named Olaf Dietrich (born 1952), flew from Bangkok, Thailand, to Melbourne Airport.

Edward A. Lacey

While working in Thailand, Lacey suffered life-threatening injuries in 1991 when he passed out drunk in a street in Bangkok and was run over by a vehicle.

Ekachai Jearakul

He moved to Bangkok in 2003 to study at the College of Music, Mahidol University, where he studied with Worakarn Saengsomboon, Dr.Paul Cesarczyk and many other fine teachers at the University.

Enconcept E-Academy

Its main office is located at LearnBalance Building, 2991/52-53, Soi Ladprao 101/3, Ladprao Road, Klongchan Sub-district, Bangkapi District, Bangkok.

Fokker F.VII

On December 6, 1931, a KLM F.VIIb/3m, registration PH-AFO, crashed at Bangkok after failing to take off, killing five of seven on board.

Gaspare Manos

The Italian artist Gaspare Manos was born 6 July 1968 in Bangkok / Thailand from a United Nations diplomat father and mother Elena Luxardo.

Genzan Air Group

At the end of February, the unit was transferred to Bangkok and assigned to patrols over the Indian Ocean; however, facilities at Bangkok were not satisfactory and the unit was soon reassigned to Palembang in Sumatra in the Netherlands East Indies, with some aircraft dispersed to Kuching in Sarawak.

Global Social Venture Competition

Thammasat University in Bangkok is the Southeast Asia partner of the Global Social Venture Competition Southeast Asia Regional (SEA) round.

Harold James Nicholson

From 1982 till 1985, he worked for the CIA in Manila, where he had direct contacts with targeted Soviet officials; from 1985 till 1987 he worked for the CIA in Bangkok, from 1987 till 1989 in Tokyo.

Harry Rolnick

His other restaurant guides, to Hong Kong, Bangkok and Macau, prompted Alan Levy to write in The Foodie’s Guide to the World, "Nobody eats in Asia without consulting Harry Rolnick first”.

Henry Kamm

He reported for the Times from Southeast Asia (based in Bangkok), Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Hilsa, Bihar

As a center important to Buddhism, Hilsa has connections to Bangkok, Singapore, Colombo, Thimphu and Yangon.

HK Magazine

After 22 years of development, it now has branches in Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, and Shanghai.

House of Valaya

The group has showcased its collections at various fashion weeks across the globe in cities like Dubai, Paris, London, Germany, New York, Singapore, Bangkok and Hong Kong.

Internet in Thailand

Broadband Internet is readily available in major cities and towns, including Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Pattaya, and Phuket, but is still to be sought after in smaller villages and in the countryside.

Irwin B. Laughlin

In 1906, he was secretary to the American legation in Bangkok and Consul General of Siam.

Japanese cruiser Yodo

In November 1911, Yodowas dispatched to Bangkok, Siam as part of the Japanese naval delegation attending the coronation ceremonies for King Rama VI of Thailand.

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

These include: Soi Sukhumvit 105, Bangkok, Thailand; in Bacolod, Philippines (where the University of St. La Salle and St. Joseph School - La Salle are located); and La Salle Street in Mandaluyong City.

Jens Söring

Jens Söring (born August 1, 1966 in Bangkok, Thailand and grew up in Bonn) is a German citizen who has been imprisoned since 1986 for a double murder in Virginia, USA.

Jerry Markham

Markham has been a lecturer at the Université Jean Moulin in Lyon, France, and also has lectured in Sydney, Warsaw, Beijing, Mexico City, Montevideo, Fukuoka, and Bangkok.

Jonathan Head

He became BBC South East Asia Correspondent, based in Bangkok, in 2000, and BBC Tokyo Correspondent in 2003.

Joris Putman

From the age of three months until he was nine he and his parents lived out of Europe, firstly in Burkina Faso, West Africa, later in Bangkok, and from 1990 in Semarang in Indonesia, before returning to the Netherlands in 1993.

Julie Mehta

Julie was also a feature writer on religion, arts, and cultures of Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, India and Cambodia; and columnist for The Nation, Bangkok, and The Straits Times, Singapore.

Khmer National Liberation Committee

In early 1950 Poc Khun was removed as the KNLC leader, after being accused of having embezzled 600,000 piastres intended for arms purchases in Bangkok.

Koji Ito

In winning the Asian Games 100 m crown on December 13, 1998 (Bangkok) he ran a time of 10.00 seconds, during a semi-final heat.

Leslie Froggatt

In 1947 he was posted to Singapore where he worked until 1954, with interim postings in Bangkok and Penang.

Letter from Peking

Mei-lan sends letters to Ellizabeth through friends in Manila and Bangkok.

Liang Tsai-Ping

Invited by the overseas Chinese Teachers Federation, Liang performed in Singapore and in four cities of Malaysia, Bangkok, and Hong Kong in 1973.

Liquidambar

Although a temperate species, at least one living Liquidambar tree survives in a hot and humid tropical city: Bangkok, Thailand.

Luxury trains

The exclusive Eastern and Oriental Express, winding through some of the most exotic and spectacular locales from Bangkok to Singapore via Kuala Lumpur, offers an unforgettable ride through mystic landscapes.

Mai Charoenpura

Born in Bangkok, Thailand, she is one of four daughters of Thai actor Surin Charoenpura (stage name: Ruj Ronnapop) and Winee Sontikool.

Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

He died in Bangkok, Thailand, while returning to his home country from a speaking tour of Australia.

Maria Newell

On 16 February 1831 Maria gave birth to twin daughters at Bangkok, Siam.

Momokomotion

Momokomotion (Momoko Ueda) is a Japanese multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter/artist based in Bangkok and a well-known performer on the city’s indie scene.

Nikola Eftimov

In 2005 he won “The Coca Cola light fashion design award” that enabled him presentation of the winning design in Florence and the position of professor at Accademia Italiana Bangkok (2005–2006).

Pa Sak Jolasid Dam

The dam also decreases problems of water management in Bangkok by allowing more flood control, as the Pa Sak river was one of the main sources of flooding in the Bangkok metropolitan area.

Pepe Escobar

Escobar has worked as a foreign correspondent since 1985, living in Los Angeles, Paris, Milan, Singapore, Bangkok, and Hong Kong.

Phra Phrom

A celebrated example of this representation of Brahma is the statue at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok.

Piera Pistono

She was born in Bangkok, Thailand, and studied music in Rome, graduating in piano, choral music and choral conducting.

Red Gaurs

The ultra-royalist vigilante group focused its activities on Bangkok.

Richard W. Hughes

He was the director of the Asian Institute of Gemological Sciences in Bangkok, Thailand during the 1980s, and also served at the American Gem Trade Association’s gemological laboratories in California and New York from 2005 to 2008.

Riho

On September 23, 2012, Riho officially joined Emi Sakura's Bangkok, Thailand-based Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling promotion.

Satya Vrat Shastri

Satya Vrat Shastri was also the Vice-Chancellor of Shri Jagannath Sanskrit University, Puri, Orissa, and a visiting professor at the Chulalongkorn and Silpakorn Universities in Bangkok, as well as the Northeast Buddhist University, Nongkhai, Thailand, the University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, the Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium, and the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

Scandal Savage

While the two were vacationing in Bangkok, Knockout was almost killed when she was shot with a Thanagarian sniper rifle by Pistolera.

SET50 Index and SET100 Index

The constituents of both lists are companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) in Bangkok.

Spondias

A theory regarding the name of the city of Bangkok, Thailand is that the name is derived from makok (มะกอก), the Thai name for the fruit of Spondias dulcis.

Surin Pitsuwan

In addition to his political career, he taught at Thammasart University and wrote for two English daily newspapers in Bangkok between 1980 and 1992.

Suzanne Brøgger

Brøgger grew up in Denmark until she was fourteen, after that she moved abroad with her mother and her stepfather Svend Brøgger, who worked for UNICEF and was stationed in Colombo, Sri Lanka and later in Bangkok, Thailand.

Takudzwa Ngwenya

DARC Rugby sent him to play for the Texas Select Side and the USA Under 19 national team, then the national Sevens team that came first in Bangkok and the 2007 North America 4.

Thai Airways Flight 231

The Hawker Siddeley HS 748, registration HS-THB, stalled and crashed after entering a thunderstorm on approach to Bangkok.

Thai Town, Los Angeles

Like Los Angeles, Bangkok (Thailand's capital) is known as "the City of Angels" (Krung Thep Maha Nakhon, Bangkok's official name, means "the City of Angels").

Thai vote of confidence referendum, 2008

The Cabinet of Thailand held a meeting at the Royal Thai Army Headquarters in Bangkok in which plans for a referendum on the government after PM Samak refused to call for a dissolution of parliament and hold snap elections or he and his government will resign.

Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology

Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology (TNI) is an industry-oriented private college located in Bangkok, Thailand.

Thaicom 6

Thaicom 6 is a Thai television satellite of the Thaicom series, to be operated by Thaicom Public Company Limited (formerly Shin Satellite Public Company Limited), a subsidiary of Shin Corporation headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand.

The Last Millionaire

Week 5 - Bangkok - Sport and Leisure, create a business related to the theme due to the popular sport and leisure scene which is popular with tourists

Titus Leber

In the late 1990s Leber moved to Bangkok, where he worked with the Mae Fah Luang Foundation on multimedia, notably What Did the Buddha Teach?, an interactive installation about the life and teaching of Lord Buddha.

Transport in Bhutan

Drukair is the national carrier, connecting Paro to Kolkata and Delhi in India, Bangkok in Thailand, Dhaka in Bangladesh and Kathmandu in Nepal.

Twelve Brothers in Silk

Later, White Canary takes Black Canary to Bangkok and reveals that she is holding Black Canary's adopted daughter Sin as a hostage, and will kill her if Black Canary does not battle Lady Shiva in a duel to the death.

Veronica Pedrosa

Pedrosa has considerable experience as the Al Jazeera English correspondent in Bangkok, filing stories from Thailand and throughout the South-East Asia region.

Wat Bueng Thong Lang

Phichet Tungtoo, Dhamma of Luang Poo Too, (Bangkok : Sinthana Publishing,2549 : Anniversary 80 ํYear old of Phrakrupisalviriyakhun, in Thai) pp.

Wat Pho

It is located in the Rattanakosin district directly adjacent to the Grand Palace.

XX Bomber Command

Wolfe launched the first B–29 Superfortress combat mission on June 5, 1944, against Japanese railroad facilities at Bangkok, Thailand, about 1,000 miles away.

Yoneo Ishii

In 1958, due to his knowledge in history and religion of the region, he spent three months as a Buddhist priest at the Wat Bowonniwet temple in Bangkok.

Zetazeroalfa

June 12, 2011 - The band plays a show in solidarity with the Karen People live in Bangkok.


1985 Narita International Airport bombing

This bag was interlined to Air India Flight 301 leaving for Don Muang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand.

352d Special Operations Group

The unit then served in the China-Burma-India Theatre of operations, with the fighter units flying missions over Bangkok, Thailand.

511th Tactical Fighter Squadron

As the Vietnam War intensified, deployed flights to both Thailand and South Vietnam throughout the 1960s, providing air defense of Bangkok and Saigon as well as other areas from enemy aircraft.

A Kind of Alaska

Speaking of Pauline, Deborah states, bluntly: "She is a widow. She doesn't go to her ballet classes any more. Daddy and Estelle and Mummy who is actually dead are on a world cruise. They've stopped off in Bangkok. It'll be my birthday soon. I think I have the matter in proportion" (40).

Bahá'í International Community

The Bahá'í International Community has offices at the United Nations in New York and Geneva and representations to United Nations regional commissions and other offices in Addis Ababa, Bangkok, Nairobi, Rome, Santiago, and Vienna.

Bangkok Doll Museum

The Bangkok Dolls Museum was established in 1957 by Khunying Thongkorn Chanthawimol, who was a renowned doll maker who trained in the Ozawa Doll School, in Tokyo, Japan.

Bangkok Metropolitan Region

The land value of the downtown core in each city is skyrocketing especially in the Bangkok downtown giving rise to a Manhattanization in city core areas.

Boaz Zippor

He has supported several projects in Thailand, including Camillian Hospital, Rotary Club Bangkok South, Baan Unrak, Baan Prakart, Newsmakers Clutter Sale, and Bangkok Opera Education Fund, most of which are projects in the field of education for underprivileged children.

Bombing of Bangkok in World War II

At the end of hostilities the RAF set up a headquarters in Bangkok, at Don Muang airfield, under Group Captain Don Finlay on September 9, 1945.

Bora Yoon

As a performer, Yoon has toured her experimental soundwork internationally, presenting her works at Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, the KBS/Nam June Paik Museum in Seoul, Patravadi Theatre in Bangkok, the Melbourne International Arts Festival, the Guggenheim Museum, Tonic, Roselee Goldberg’s PERFORMA Arts Biennial, John Zorn’s Stone, the annual Pop!

Christoffel Nortje

Professor Nortje has spoken extensively in Maxillofacial Radiology scientific meetings in Hungary, Italy, USA, Brazil, Abu Dhabi, Lebanon, Bangkok, Thailand, China, Namibia and Zimbabwe.

Colin Ng

Ng Wee Tai Colin is a Singaporean yachtsman best known for winning a gold medal in the 13th Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand.

Eri Yamanoi

In 1998, she finished third in the 800m freestyle at the Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.

Faculty of Medicine, Princess of Naradhiwas University

Moreover, majority of doctors concentrates in big city and Bangkok therefore provincial part and the three southern border provinces of Thailand including Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat has the lowest density of doctor.

International Federation for Human Rights

The International Secretariat is based in Paris, with delegations to the United Nations in Geneva and New York, to the European Union in Brussels, to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, to the African Union in Nairobi and to the Asean in Bangkok.

International Law Enforcement Academy

Presently, there are five ILEAs located around the world: ILEA Budapest in Hungary, ILEA Bangkok in Thailand, ILEA Gaborone in Botswana, ILEA Roswell in New Mexico, USA, and ILEA San Salvador in El Salvador.

Joan Backes

Permanent installations of her work include Internationales Waldkunst Odenwald Forest, Darmstadt, Germany; Berlin / Grunewald, Berlin, Germany; Linnaean Garden, Uppsala, Sweden; Silpakorn University Art Atrium, Bangkok, Thailand; and Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Canada.

John C. Goss

John C. Goss (born October 21, 1958, in Landstuhl, Germany) is an American artist and author and has lived most of his life in the Asia/Pacific region (Hawaii, Los Angeles, Bangkok).

John Gunther Dean

The evacuation of Phnom Penh scene was filmed near Bangkok in 1983 and Wheeler met Dean, who was then the U.S. Ambassador to Thailand.

Jonas Anderson

When Jonas was in his teens his family moved down to Bangkok, and Jonas enrolled in a performing arts course in his late teens after which he formed a group with Christy Gibson and other friends performing for various social causes, especially drug awareness programs in schools and youth centers.

Justin Holborow

Holborow moved to Bangkok at the age of 12, where he was educated at Harrow International School for over a year, where he played Bugsy in a production of Bugsy Malone, after which he moved back to Sydney with his mother and sister, where he was educated at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts.

Lindsay Sandiford case

Sandiford was arrested on 19 May 2012 after arriving at the island's Ngurah Rai International Airport on a flight from Bangkok, and when a routine luggage search uncovered the drugs stash.

Lita Liem Sugiarto

At the 1966 Asian Games at Bangkok, she won the bronze medal in the women's singles, the gold medal in the women's doubles with Lany Kaligis, and the bronze medal in the mixed doubles with Sutarjo Sugiarto.

Myanmar at the Asian Games

Myanmar competed in the First Asian Martial Arts Games held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 1 to 9 August 2009.

Nakano Corporation

Major recent works include Changi Business Park, The Metropolitan Condominium, St Thomas Suites, and Villa Rachatewi in Bangkok.

Nicole Theriault

She began her schooling in Bangkok at Twinkle Star Kindergarten and attended grades one through three at Ruamrudee International School.

Nilo Alcala

Bangkok Voices – "Song of Dawn" (2006) – commissioned by the Bangkok Voices in Thailand for the World Choir Games Musica Contemporanea Category held in Xiamen, China, 2006.

Price discrimination

The Grand Palace in Bangkok, for example, charges admission to foreign tourists, but Thai citizens are allowed free entry.

Prostitution in Thailand

The organisation seeks to empower sex workers and has been operating since 1985, with offices in Patpong (Bangkok), Chiang Mai, Mae Sai and Patong Beach (Phuket).

Russian cruiser Aurora

From 1906 until 1912 the cruiser visited a number of other countries; in November 1911 the ship was in Bangkok as part of the celebrations in honour of the coronation of the new King of Siam.

Sandra Harding

She has held Visiting Professor appointments at the University of Amsterdam (1987), University of Costa Rica (1990), the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) (1987), and the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok (1994).

Si Votha

Sisowath would likely have adopted the same attitude as Si Votha if the Siamese king had allowed him to leave Bangkok.

Soi Cowboy

Two 1-hour episodes of the British comedy/drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet were shot in Bangkok in the Summer of 2004, partly in Soi Cowboy.

Syndromes and a Century

Later in 2007, the film was shown twice in privately arranged screenings at the Alliance française in Bangkok.

Transport in Macau

It was inaugurated on December 1995 and has since established a number of regulars flights between Macau and major cities in Northeast and Southeast Asia, for example Bangkok, Beijing, Kaohsiung, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Osaka, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, etc.

Transportation in the Philippines

After offering low fares to domestic destinations, Cebu Pacific launched its international operations on November 2001 and now flies to Bangkok, Busan, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Macau, Osaka, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and Taipei.

Victory Monument BTS Station

There are many food stalls, clothing shops and malls around the station, as the monument is a major BMTA bus stop of Bangkok and also van terminals from suburbs and provinces around the capital.

Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors

Considered by some a terrorist organization, in October 1999 they gained notoriety by raiding and holding hostages at the consulate of Burma in Bangkok, Thailand.

Wat Bueng Thong Lang

Watbungthonglang Temple is a Buddhist temple in Bangkapi, Bangkok, Thailand.