centralwOrld
Massive lifestyle shopping complex at the heart of Bangkok's busiest intersection, rebuilt after a dramatic fire.
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About this audio guide
This guide to centralwOrld in Bangkok centers on the mall's darkest day: May 2010, when the two-month Red Shirt protest at Ratchaprasong intersection collapsed and fire tore through the Zen department store. You'll hear about the demonstrators who had camped at this crossroads, the acquittal of the two men later charged, and the questions that never got answered about who set the blaze. It also traces the mall's own history back to 1989, when it opened as the World Trade Center.
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