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Line 1: [[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.]] '''Woeng Nakhon Khasem''' ({{Lang-th\|เวิ้งนาครเขษม}}) 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 ~~located~~surrounded ~~between~~by [[Charoen Krung]], Chakkrawat, Boriphat, and [[Yaowarat Road]]s in the area near foot of [[Damrong Sathit Bridge]] (Saphan Lek) with close to [[Wang Burapha]] and [[Khlong Thom, Bangkok\|Khlong Thom]]. Its name ~~roughly~~ literally translated as "delightful townspeople alcove". Woeng Nakhon Khasem regarded as the first [[shopping district]] in Bangkok that has it all. It occurred during the King [[Chulalongkorn]] (Rama V)'s reign. 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>

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