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The annual FIFA Congress in Bangkok, Thailand, awards Brazil the host rights for the 2027 Women's World Cup.
2024-05-17

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha lifts the "severe" state of emergency that was imposed in Bangkok to crack down on the protesters.
2020-10-22

25-year-old Australian footballer and refugee from Bahrain, Hakeem al-Araibi, is ordered to defend an extradition order back to Bahrain in a Bangkok court, after being detained upon arrival in Thailand for his honeymoon with his wife in November 2018. International community is treating it as a human rights issue; a campaign to free al-Araibi and return him to Australia is growing.
2019-02-4

Michelin unveils its first Michelin Guide for Bangkok, Thailand, which is the sixth city in Asia and second in Southeast Asia after Singapore.
2017-12-6

A Thai military court commences the trial of two Uighurs from the People's Republic of China with the bombing of a popular shrine in Bangkok that killed 20 people.
2016-08-23

Thailand sends an extradition request to Malaysia for one of the five Iranian nationals suspected of involvement in the bombings in Bangkok earlier this month.
2012-02-21

The Prime Minister of Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra, reassures residents that the capital, Bangkok, will largely escape from major flooding over the weekend. An estimated 289 people have been killed by flooding in Thailand since July 2011.
2011-10-14

An explosion occurs outside the head office of a government-run television station in Bangkok, Thailand.
2010-08-31

Several grenade attacks occur at the homes of former Thai Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa and in Chiang Mai. [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-local-175863-grenade-attacks-in-bangkok-chiang-mai ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 Red shirt protesters set up roadblocks to prevent police reinforcements from reaching the capital Bangkok. [http:--news.bbc.co.uk-1-hi-world-asia-pacific-8643443.stm (BBC)] [https:--web.archive.org-web-20100429154126-http:--www.mcot.net-cfcustom-cache_page-49045.cfm (Thai News Agency)] Yellow shirt protesters say they will take action against the red shirts if the authorities do not deal with the protests. [http:--english.aljazeera.net-news-africa-2010-04-201042645149451642.html (Al Jazeera)] Several grenade attacks occur at the homes of former Thai Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa and in Chiang Mai. [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-local-175863-grenade-attacks-in-bangkok-chiang-mai ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019
2010-04-26

Senior red-shirt leader Arisman Pongruangrong climbs down a rope to escape an arrest attempt by Thai security forces laying siege to Thaksin Shinawatra's SC Park Hotel in Bangkok. He urges protesters to leave Ratchaprasong "to avoid being used as human shields".
2010-04-16