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LA's Thai Town turns 15

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Performers at the Los Angeles Songkran Festival in Thai Town, a New Year's celebration that takes place in April.
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Performers at the Los Angeles Songkran Festival in Thai Town, a New Year's celebration that takes place in April.

LA has the only Thai Town in the U.S. Southern California's Public Radio's Josie Huang reports on the neighborhood celebrating a milestone birthday on Monday.

Almost 80,000 immigrants from Thailand have settled in Los Angeles.

That's given the city the claim of having the only Thai Town in the U.S.

And Southern California's Public Radio's Josie Huang says the neighborhood is celebrating a milestone birthday on Monday.

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