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Bangkok, Thailand’s Capital Officially Changed To "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" by officialwdhtv: 5:59pm On Feb 19, 2022 |
Bangkok will be officially called Krung Thep Maha Nakhon The Office of the Royal Society (ORST) has announced the change of the official name of Thailand’s capital, from Bangkok to Krung Thep Maha Nakhon. However, the name Bangkok is still recognised. The cabinet on Tuesday approved a Prime Minister's Office draft announcement on updated names of countries, territories, administrative zones and capitals, as proposed by the ORST. The new official name, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon, will not come into effect until it is vetted by a committee in charge of scrutinising all draft bills. The cabinet also asked the panel to take into consideration additional observations from the Foreign Affairs Ministry. The announcement, approved by the weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday, said that the ORST's committee on the dictionary of international geographic names, comprising experts from the Foreign Affairs Ministry, had updated the spelling of countries, territories, administrative zones and capitals to be in line with the current situation. The panel then submitted the list to the PM's Office to issue the announcement. The draft announcement also revokes the Prime Minister’s announcement on names of countries, territories, administrative zones and capitals dated Nov 9, 2001, using the ORST's announcement on updated names of Sept 1, last year. In the ORST's announcement, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon will become the official name of the Kingdom of Thailand's capital. However, the name Bangkok will be put in parentheses. In the same announcement, the ORST also updated the official spelling for other countries, including Rome and Roma for Italy's capital, the change of Myanmar's capital from Yangon to Nay Pyi Taw and the change of the Kingdom of Nepal to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Government deputy spokeswoman Ratchda Dhanadirek on Wednesday said nothing had been changed in the naming of the capital. The Thai name Krung Thep Maha Nakhon would be used only as its official name. The name Bangkok would still be recognised in parenthesis, she explained on her Facebook page. On its Facebook page, the Office of the Royal Society also posted a message that both names could be used, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and Bangkok, after its announcement on the name change drew public criticism. Bangkok has been in use officially since November 2001 under an Office of the Royal Society announcement. It came from an old area of Bangkok, which is now a part of the greater metropolitan area of the capital, Bangkok Noi and Bangkok Yai districts. Historically, it has been in common use for a long time. Source: bangkokpost
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Re: Bangkok, Thailand’s Capital Officially Changed To "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" by MufasaLion: 6:06pm On Feb 19, 2022 |
WTF? Bangkok was too good a name and more perfect! I really find that new name difficult to pronounce. Imagine getting lost in a Province in Thailand. Wicked people. |
Re: Bangkok, Thailand’s Capital Officially Changed To "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" by Amotolongbo(f): 6:14pm On Feb 19, 2022 |
MufasaLion:Thailand will be joining Brunei (Banda Seri Begawan) and Sri Lanka(Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte), talking about countries with weird Capital names |
Re: Bangkok, Thailand’s Capital Officially Changed To "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" by MufasaLion: 6:18pm On Feb 19, 2022 |
Amotolongbo: Yes, right. I really don't know why they do that. Asia and weirdness are synonymous. |
Re: Bangkok, Thailand’s Capital Officially Changed To "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" by Amotolongbo(f): 6:20pm On Feb 19, 2022 |
MufasaLion:More like Southern Asia things self |
Re: Bangkok, Thailand’s Capital Officially Changed To "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" by MufasaLion: 6:24pm On Feb 19, 2022 |
Amotolongbo: I never liked the Southern part of Asia. Maldives is still my favorite in the region. |
Re: Bangkok, Thailand’s Capital Officially Changed To "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" by triple996(m): 6:29pm On Feb 19, 2022 |
Nawaooo Sounds like what u say when high on kpurumiri Say no to cannibalism and kpurumiri |
Re: Bangkok, Thailand’s Capital Officially Changed To "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" by Amotolongbo(f): 6:31pm On Feb 19, 2022 |
I MufasaLion:South Asian country are nice places to visit. Though I’ve not been to any physically, but navigated the maps anyway You probably like Maldives cos of the beach. |
Re: Bangkok, Thailand’s Capital Officially Changed To "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" by MufasaLion: 6:37pm On Feb 19, 2022 |
Amotolongbo: Yes, so I heard, but for now, I only like few places in Asia. The most important places I'd like to visit in Asia is Osaka and Tokyo in Japan. I'm much more familiar with the maps of North America and South America. Yes, you're right about Maldives. Even though, I got phobia for waters. 1 Like |
Re: Bangkok, Thailand’s Capital Officially Changed To "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" by Amotolongbo(f): 6:41pm On Feb 19, 2022 |
MufasaLion:Cool I’m much familiar with the map of the world and hope to explore outside UK when the time comes |
Re: Bangkok, Thailand’s Capital Officially Changed To "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" by MufasaLion: 6:44pm On Feb 19, 2022 |
Amotolongbo: Oh, really? That's nice! I take it, you are in the U.K. now. Well, enjoy the Queen's land. My regards to Boris Johnson on Downing Street. |
Re: Bangkok, Thailand’s Capital Officially Changed To "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" by Mykelslim: 6:49pm On Feb 19, 2022 |
I’m not pronouncing that Na still Bangkok I know |
Re: Bangkok, Thailand’s Capital Officially Changed To "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" by dasparrow: 7:42pm On Feb 19, 2022 |
I wonder how they expect people to pronounce that new name if you are not Thai. |
Re: Bangkok, Thailand’s Capital Officially Changed To "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" by 1827sevn: 10:31pm On Feb 19, 2022 |
[s] triple996:[/s] |
Re: Bangkok, Thailand’s Capital Officially Changed To "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" by officialwdhtv: 1:05pm On Feb 20, 2022 |
Mykelslim: Lol |
Re: Bangkok, Thailand’s Capital Officially Changed To "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" by Jeon(f): 5:54pm On Feb 20, 2022 |
those people want to cut off my tongue 1 Like |
Re: Bangkok, Thailand’s Capital Officially Changed To "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" by Cousin9999: 6:56pm On Feb 20, 2022 |
It doesn't matter what they call it. It's still a cr@ckhouse. |
Re: Bangkok, Thailand’s Capital Officially Changed To "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" by officialwdhtv: 2:43am On Feb 21, 2022 |
Jeon: Lmao |
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