BANGKOK

Bangkok is the center of the Thai media industry. All national newspapers, broadcast media and major publishers are based in the capital. The 21 national newspapers had a total daily circulation of about two million in 2002. These included Thai Rath, Khao Sod and Daily News, which first published a million copies a day, as well as the less sensitive Matichon and Krungthep Thurakij. than. Bangkok Post and The Nation are two national English-language newspapers. Foreign publications including the Asian Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Straits Times and Yomiuri Shimbun also have operations in Bangkok. The majority of Thailand’s more than 200 magazines are published in the capital and include news magazines as well as lifestyle, entertainment, gossip and fashion publications.ews, which first published a million copies a day, as well as the less sensi

Thailand had a sophisticated legal system before Western influences led it to adopt a system of jurisprudence based on European models. The first law codes—dating from as early as the 15th century—were based on the Indian code of Manu, which arrived by way of the Mon and the Khmer. As part of the modernizing reforms of the late 19th century, a new legal system was developed, based primarily on the French (Napoleonic) model

The modernizing government of King Chulalongkorn also received legal advice from British advisers. A significant aspect of the legal reforms of the late 19th century was the creation of an independent judiciary. This ideal proved difficult to realize, however, because of interference by politicians and the continuing presence of corruption within the system. As part of a series of judicial reforms initiated at the end of the 20th century, the Supreme Court, with justices appointed by the monarch

Famous Temple In Thailand

Traffic In Bangkok State And City Overview

TRAFFIC IN THAILAND IS QUITE DIVERSE AND CHAOTIC, WITH NO DOMINANT MEANS OF TRANSPORT. WASTE VEHICLE TRANSPORT PREVAILS OVER LONG DISTANCES AND IN BANGKOK, WHILE VEHICLES DOMINATE IN RURAL AREAS FOR SHORT TRIPS, INSTEAD OF BICYCLES.

Chinatown In Bangkok

The Chinese are the force holding the economic lifeline of Thailand. In Thailand, ethnic Chinese account for only 14% of the population, but account for ncapital oes and over 50% of the capital