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Bangkok’s New Name Has Five Words (and Brackets) – NYT

Thais don’t object to the name, but they’d prefer their leaders focus on fixing the economy


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Southeast Asia's internet economy is forecast to double to $363 billion by 2025 from an end-2021 estimate of $174 billion in gross merchandise volume. Photo: Reuters

 

The government wants Thailand’s capital to be known around the world as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok), The New York Times reported.

Thais don’t object to the name, but they’d prefer their leaders focus on fixing the economy.

 

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Sean O'Meara is an Editor at Asia Financial. He has been a newspaper man for more than 30 years, working at local, regional and national titles in the UK as a writer, sub-editor, page designer and print editor. A football, cricket and rugby fan, he has a particular interest in sports finance.