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Line 1: {{Short description\|Market in Bangkok}} [[file:2016 Bangkok, Dystrykt Samphanthawong, Wejście na ulicę Charoen Krung 10 (03).jpg\|thumb\|250px\|The gate of the Woeng Nakhon Khasem on Charoen Krung side in 2016.]]{{For\|the Singapore Thieves' Market\|Sungei Road#Thieves' Market}} '''Woeng Nakhon Khasem''' ({{Lang-th\|เวิ้งนาครเขษม}}, {{IPA-\|th\|wɤ́ːŋ nāː.kʰɔ̄ːn kʰā.sěːm\|pron}}) is a market in the [[Samphanthawong]] District, [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]. It is popularly known as the "Thieves Market" as formerly mostly stolen goods were sold there. The market is surrounded by [[Charoen Krung]], Chakkrawat, Boriphat, and [[Yaowarat Road]]s in the area near the foot of [[Damrong Sathit Bridge]] (Saphan Lek), close to [[Wang Burapha]] and [[Khlong Thom, Bangkok\|Khlong Thom]]. Its name is literally translated as "delightful townspeople alcove". Woeng Nakhon Khasem is regarded as the first full-service [[shopping district]] in Bangkok. It was constructed during the reign of King [[Chulalongkorn]] (Rama V). HM the King bestowed this land to Prince [[Paribatra Sukhumbandhu]]. In the year 1905, it was the site of the first cinema in Siam (now Thailand) in the name of a Japanese Cinema, due to being operated by [[Japanese people\|Japanese]], although it was just a temporary cinema that was roofed with zinc only. <ref>{{cite web\|url=https://news.thaipbs.or.th/content/175894\|work=[[Thai PBS]]\|language=thai\|date=2013-06-10\|title=ก้าวเล็กๆของโรงหนังแห่งแรกในเมืองไทย \|trans-title=Small steps of the first cinema in Thailand}}</ref>