Ratchaprasong ( Thai : ราชประสงค์ , pronounced [râːt.t͡ɕʰā.prā.sǒŋ] ; also spelled Rajprasong ) is the name of an intersection, and a shopping district named after it, in Pathum Wan District , Bangkok , adjacent to the Siam area , at the BTS Skytrain 's Chit Lom Station and the intersection of Phloen Chit , Rama I , and Ratchadamri Roads. The area is home to many shopping malls and hotels.
4-583: Gaysorn Village (previously Gayphorn Plaza ) is a building complex in the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok . It also includes the Gaysorn Tower, an office tower block, and the Amarin Plaza shopping centre. The shopping mall building has five levels with more than 100 shops over an area of 12,600 square metres. The basement has parking for 416 cars, doorman and valet parking service. Gaysorn
8-653: Is managed by Gaysorn Land Asset Management Co., Ltd., a partnership between by Gaysorn Group & Hongkong Land Limited. Gaysorn Shopping Centre is a part of Ratchaprasong Shopping district in Bangkok. Ratchaprasong In 2010, the Ratchaprasong intersection was one of the main sites of the 2010 Thai political protests . From March to May the Red Shirt protesters occupied a large area around Ratchaprasong intersection in civil disobedience aimed at reinstalling
12-477: The "Red Shirt" protesters resulted in the deaths of about 90 civilians and soldiers. Buildings in the area were set on fire as the military moved into the intersection area; this resulted in the partial destruction of Bangkok's largest shopping mall, the CentralWorld complex. Some Red Shirt protesters were accused of setting the fire and tried for arson but were acquitted. As of June 2012, reconstruction at
16-589: The government under Thaksin Shinawatra . The stage area and the surrounding tent city became known as "the red city". The major shopping malls and five star hotels in the vicinity were forced to close during the occupation. Most residents of the area moved out for security concerns and because of the inconvenience. After weeks of failed negotiations, the Thai army moved in to clear the Ratchaprasong intersection on 19 May 2010. The violent government crackdown against
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