X-Nico

unusual facts about Bangkok, Thailand



2008 Paris Motor Show

In this edition, the subject was "Taxis du Monde" (Taxis from around the world), and it featured a variety of taxi vehicles from different cities and eras, such as a New York Checker cab, a Chicago Yellow Cab, London Black cabs, a Manila Jeepney, a Bangkok Tuk Tuk, etc., as well as several Parisian taxis, starting with the classic Renault Taxi de la Marne and ending with the proposed future taxi Peugeot Expert Tepee.

2008 World University Cycling Championship

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

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.

676th Bombardment Squadron

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

Almerigo Grilz

He witnessed all the conflicts from mid 70’s, from the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan to the Israeli’s operation in Lebanon; the conflicts between Druses and Christian Maronites; and the Myanmar-Thailand border war between Keren minority and Myanmar regulars.

Anocha Suwichakornpong

Featuring a scene of full-frontal male nudity and masturbation, it was the first Thai film under Thailand's motion-picture rating system to be given the most-restrictive 20+ rating.

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 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.

Bangkok Post

Nevertheless, under MacDonald's stewardship, the Bangkok Post was reasonably independent and employed many young newsmen, including Peter Arnett and T. D. Allman, who later became known internationally.

Bea Bielik

In the first round she defeated world number 148 Renata Voráčová of the Czech Republic in straight sets, 6-4 6-4, but the major upset came in the 2nd round, when she defeated comfortably Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn, who was a top 30 player at the time, 6-4 6-2.

Birth in Thailand

The demography of Thailand has changed since the 1970s, mostly because of the promotion of small family sizes with the help of family planning outreach programs such as the Population and Community Development Association and efforts of Mechai Viravaidya.

Buddhadasa

In 1932, Buddhadasa founded his forest hermitage Suan Mokkh ('garden of release'), a center for study and serious practice in the Chaiya district, Surat Thani Province of southern Thailand.

Censorship in Thailand

All versions of the story of Anna Leonowens and King Mongkut (Rama IV) have been banned in Thailand, including the 1956 musical The King and I.

CentralPlaza Grand Rama IX

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

Chin Peng

On December 2 of that year, at the town of Had Yai in Southern Thailand, Chin Peng, Rashid Maidin and Abdullah CD met with representatives of the Malaysian and Thai governments.

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.

Damien Dernoncourt

He oversees an international team of 1500 individuals across the company’s facilities in Bali, Hong Kong, Bangkok and New York.

Débora Sulca

In May she competed in the Miss Universe 2005 pageant held in Bangkok, Thailand, where she placed finalist on the 6th place (in the top ten).

Don Kaeo

Don Kaeo, Mae Rim, a tambon (subdistrict) of Mae Rim District, in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand

Eric Szmanda

Szmanda supports the U.S. Campaign for Burma and traveled to Thailand to see the conditions of Burmese refugees who have fled their native country.

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.

Hat Yai

Hat Yai International Airport is located 9 km from downtown, serving destinations throughout Thailand and connecting the city to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

Ismail Yunos

He was also part of the Singapore Under-23 team that took part in the 2005 Southeast Asian Games in Philippines and also won a bronze medal for the 2007 edition in Korat, Thailand.

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.

Junior Aparecido Guimaro de Souza

Juninho made a surprise move to BBCU F.C. at Thai Premier League on 4 June 2012 in a six-month contract on loan, where he quickly gained first team experience in Southeast Asia Club at Thailand.

Kaeng Suea Ten Dam

Kaeng Sua Ten (แก่งเสือเต้น) is a site in the Phi Pan Nam Range, in Song District, Phrae Province, Thailand.

Khun Tan

Khun Tan Tunnel, the longest railway tunnel in Thailand in Lampang and Lamphun provinces

Luca Bellisomo

Bellisomo captained Canada to a fourth-place finish at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, eventually finishing in fourth place when Canada lost on penalties to hosts Thailand in the bronze medal playoff game.

Malaysia Airlines subsidiaries

Operating out of its hub in Penang, Firefly provides exclusive routes daily to Subang, Penang, Kuantan, Kuala Terengganu, Kota Bharu and Langkawi in Malaysia, and 4 times a week to Phuket and Koh Samui in Thailand.

Minoru Ohira

The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo), the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Long Beach Museum of Art (Long Beach, California), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Thailand (Bangkok) and the National Museum of Art in Mexico are among the public collections holding work by Minoru Ohira.

Petchara Chaowarat

In 1964, Petchara was named best actress by the Thailand National Film Awards committee for her role in Nok Noi, and received the award from the hands of King Bhumibol.

Phobia 2

The movie is produced by GTH GMM Thai Hub; Thailand's leading film production company following the very successful previous chapter; 4bia (aka See-Prang).

Price discrimination

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

Pridiyathorn Devakula

He was succeeded as governor of the Bangkok of Thailand by Tarisa Watanagase, the first woman to head the BoT.

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).

Puerto Ricans in the Vietnam War

Brigadier General Antonio Maldonado, who in 1967 became the youngest pilot and Aircraft Commander of a B-52 Stratofortress nuclear bomber, was assigned in January 1971 to the 432nd Tactical Fighter Reconnaissance Wing, Udon Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand.

Rafflesia kerrii

The species is named after the Irish botanist A.F.G. Kerr (1877–1942), the first botanist to collect plants extensively in Thailand.

Rice production in Thailand

Noppadon Pattama, the foreign minister of Thailand, wants to call the forum the Council on Rice Trade Cooperation and was planning, as of May 2008, to invite; China, India, Pakistan, Cambodia, Burma, and Vietnam.

Si Votha

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

Song Khwae

Song Khwae District is a district (Amphoe) in the northwestern part of Nan Province, northern Thailand.

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.

Street dogs in Bangkok

It is estimated that there are over 120,000 Free-ranging dogs in Bangkok, Thailand.

Telecommunications in Sri Lanka

The most recent survey was conducted in July 2008 in eight Asian countries, including Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan, Thailand, and the Philippines.

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.

Walter McGowan

In December 1966, he defended his WBC world title against Chartchai Chionoi in Bangkok, Thailand.

Wat Aranyawiwake

Wat Aranyawiwake (Thai script: วัดอรัญญวิเวก, RTGS: Wat Aranyawiwek), also known as Wat Ban Pong (Thai script: วัดบ้านปง) is a monastery ("Wat") in the Thai Forest Tradition of the Theravada lineage of Buddhism located in Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand.

Wat Bueng Thong Lang

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

Wildlife Alliance

CNN's Anderson Cooper 360° series, Planet in Peril, features Wildlife Alliance programs in Thailand and Cambodia, including Care for Rescued Wildlife, Bokor National Park, and efforts to stop the illegal wildlife trade in Asia.

William Nunn

Mr Nunn was also a British diplomat and was the final British Ambassador to Siam(now Thailand)and in his latter days would recount stories of his 'adventures' there to the children whom he knew.


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1985 Narita International Airport bombing

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

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.

2012 in sumo

17-18: A special exhibition tournament is held in Bangkok, Thailand at the CentralWorld shopping complex, to celebrate the 84th birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

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.

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.

Ashok Mitra

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

Brian Kershisnik

Because of his father's employment as a petroleum geologist, he grew up in Luanda, Angola; Bangkok, Thailand, Conroe, Texas, and Islamabad, Pakistan.

Carlo Urbani

Carlo Urbani (Castelplanio, Italy October 19, 1956 – Bangkok, Thailand March 29, 2003) was an Italian physician and the first to identify severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) as a new and dangerously contagious disease.

Charra Airfield

The first combat mission by the group finally took place on 5 June when squadrons of the group took off from India to attack the Makasan railroad yards at Bangkok, Thailand.

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.

Dhammakaya Movement

Wat Phra Dhammakaya is a Buddhist temple (wat) in Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani Province north of Bangkok, Thailand.

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.

Eri Yamanoi

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

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.

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.

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.

Korean Air Flight 803

Flight 803 was a scheduled International passenger service from Seoul, South Korea to Tripoli, Libya with intermediate stops in Bangkok, Thailand and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Lisa F. Jackson

When she was young, both her father and step-father, Donald Carmichael, were in the CIA and as a result she moved often, living in Bangkok, Thailand and in Bogota, Colombia before settling in Washington DC in 1963.

Little India

Phahurat, neighborhood in Bangkok, Thailand, often known as Little India

Mongolia men's national under-18 ice hockey team

The Mongolia men's national under-18 ice hockey team played its first game in 2000 against New Zealand during the 2000 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship Division II tournament being held in Bangkok, Thailand.

Myanmar at the Asian Games

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

Nina Solheim

In addition to a bronze medal from the 2001 World Taekwondo Championships in Jeju, South Korea, Solheim won the gold medal in middleweight (72 kg) at the 2006 World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand.

PERI

Bhumibol Bridge, Bangkok, Thailand – 4 bridge pylons with heights of 170 m

Ratchaprasong

Erawan Shrine – A Hindu/Buddhist shrine in Bangkok, Thailand that houses a statue of four-faced Brahma Sahampati has regular dance performances put on by a troupe paid by worshippers whose prayers at the shrine were answered.

Riho

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

Shoaib Gibran

He earned his degrees and training from Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka University, S.T. Open University, Bangkok, Thailand and Queen's University, Canada.He is also known as Dr. Soaib Ahmed.

Sulaymani

After returning to India, he decided to travel to Bangkok, Thailand; he was the Amil, (chief representative of Dawat for a particular city/country) of Bangkok for many years.

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.

Taegoon

In March 2009, shortly before releasing his second mini album Rising Star, Taegoon held a showcase and fan meeting in Bangkok, Thailand.

Thai Airways International Flight 261

Thai Airways International Flight 261 was a scheduled passenger flight from Bangkok, Thailand to Surat Thani, Thailand.

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-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.

Thongsuk College

Thongsuk (Thongsook) College is a private higher education institute located in Bangkok, Thailand.

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.

Whores' Glory

The film is divided into three locally defined episodes: Bangkok (Thailand), Faridpur (Bangladesh) and Reynosa (Mexico).

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.

Yukihiro Torikai

1998-1999 Visitor Researcher of Department of Agricultural Business Administration, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang:KMITL, Bangkok, Thailand