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Bangkok, Thailand

Dialing Code Country: 66 Area Code: 02

Major Industries Electronics, Textiles, Tourism

Electricity 220 volts, 50 Hz; standard two-pin plug

Population 6.3 million city; 9.9 million metro area

Did You Know? Bangkok is sinking at the alarming rate of 2 inches/5 centimeters per year.

Orientation Bangkok is located in south-central Thailand, just north of the Gulf of Thailand. Cambodia lays directly east, Myanmar west and northwest, and Laos northeast

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Local Expert: Mick Shippen

Mick Shippen is a freelance writer who has been based in Thailand for over a decade. He currently lives in Bangkok but also spent six years in the northern city of Chiang Mai. Mick regularly travels...

 
May 11, 2008
Local News

Somneuk Huangtanapan at H Gallery

If art acts as a reflection of society, a sort of cultural barometer of the times, the Thai arts scene should be composed from of a palette of vibrant colours and seemingly complex and contradictory elements. And indeed it is. Here in Bangkok, there has never been a better time to view or buy

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May 10, 2008
Local News

Hua Hin Jazz Festival 2008

If there is a downside to living in Bangkok for Westerners, it's the lack of quality live music. While Tokyo pulls in just about every major act and has one of the world's best jazz scenes Bangkok has to make do with the occasional third-rate mainstream show. It's hard to fathom. Although the...

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