Sources: Bangkok Post UPI
Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returns to Thailand after 15 years of self-exile. He is arrested and jailed by the Supreme Court of Thailand over his existing convictions. 2023-08-22
Thailand reports a record 16,533 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 543,361. 2021-07-28
Thailand resumes their vaccination rollout using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after it was temporarily suspended due to safety concerns. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is one of the first people to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine. 2021-03-16
At a United Nations-Oceans summit, delegates from China, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, four of the top polluters of plastic into the oceans, pledge to reduce their levels of oceanic plastic pollution. 2017-06-8
Thailand celebrates the 70th anniversary of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's accession to the Thai throne. 2016-06-9
Siam Commercial Bank reports eight people were killed and seven others injured in the basement of its Bangkok, Thailand, headquarters during an upgrade of the building's fire safety system Sunday evening. It appears that workers mistakenly activated a system that released pyrogen, a chemical that deprives a fire of oxygen. 2016-03-14
A group of gunmen open fire at a mosque in the Panare district in Pattani province in Thailand, resulting in at least one death. [http:--www.myrtlebeachonline.com-2014-06-29-4325971-1-killed-in-mosque-attack-in-thailands.html?sp=-99-134-253- (AP via "Myrtle Beach Online")]date=August 2019 2014-06-30
As anti-government protests in Thailand continue to spread beyond the capital Bangkok, the parliament discusses a no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. 2013-11-27
Floodwaters continue to rise on the outskirts of the Thai capital Bangkok, with floodwaters having reached Don Mueang International Airport, leading to the cancellation of many flights. 2011-10-25
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