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Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Bangkok Krung Thep
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok
Bangkok is the capital and the most populous city of Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (กรุงเทพมหานคร, pronounced [krūŋ tʰêːp mahǎː nákʰɔ̄ːn] (
listen)) or simply
Krung Thep (help·info). The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres (605.7 sq mi) 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) live within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in terms of importance.
Bangkok is the capital and the most populous city of Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (กรุงเทพมหานคร, pronounced [krūŋ tʰêːp mahǎː nákʰɔ̄ːn] (
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
The United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) (Thai: แนวร่วมประชาธิปไตยต่อต้านเผด็จการแห่งชาติ; นปช.), "Red Shirts"
Notable UDD leaders includeJatuporn Prompan, Nattawut Saikua, Veera Musikapong, Charan Ditthapichai and Dr. Weng Tohjirakarn.
The UDD is composed of mostly rural supporters, with some urban supporters.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Front_for_Democracy_Against_Dictatorship
The UDD is composed of mostly rural supporters, with some urban supporters.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Front_for_Democracy_Against_Dictatorship
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Sondhi Limthongkul สนธิ ลิ้มทองกุล 林明達
Sondhi Limthongkul (Thai: สนธิ ลิ้มทองกุล; traditional Chinese: 林明達; pinyin: Lin Mingda, born 7 November 1947) is a Thai media mogul and leader of the right-wing People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) and later was elected for leader of the New Politics Party (NPP).
Sondhi was born in Bangkok to Chinese immigrant parents from Hainan. He majored in history at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was a reporter for the student newspaper, The Daily Bruin, from 1966 to 1969. He received his M.A. from Utah State University in 1972.
Returning to Thailand, he worked for the newspaper Prachatipatai (Democracy) as a reporter and managing editor in 1973 and 1974.
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