Thailand’s government is pushing a surprise proposal: changing the capital’s official English-language name from Bangkok to Krung Thep, meaning City of Angels. Krung Thep is the name for Bangkok in the Thai language. As The World’s Patrick Winn reports, the suggestion has inspired both jokes and confusion among Bangkok natives.
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