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While standing inside the recently opened Ayutthaya Gold Treasure Exhibition Building at the Chao Sam Phraya National Museum, visitors may picture a gloomy night in September 1957 when robbers robbed the vault that was hidden beneath Wat Ratchaburana's main Phra Prang. When digging further, they discovered a glowing three-floor gold treasure and relocated some priceless items to a house opposite the temple.
Thailand has donated medicines, medical supplies, food and financial support worth 5 million baht to Sri Lanka, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Built in the Neo-Renaissance style, Bangkok's Hua Lamphong railway station is a rare architectural beauty. The 106-year-old terminus was due to close last winter but rumours of its demise appear to have been greatly exaggerated, as Mark Twain might have put it. Six months after the shutters were supposed to come down, Hua Lamphong remains open, an outpouring of nostalgic.