Sources: BBC
The Senate of Thailand passes a marriage equality bill that will legalize same-sex marriage in the country, with the bill now awaiting royal assent. 2024-06-18
A heatwave in Asia leads to deaths and school closures in India, and record-breaking temperatures in other countries. Luang Prabang, Laos, recorded a temperature of 42.7 C, while Tak, Thailand, recorded a temperature of 44.6 C. 2023-04-19
The Thailand Public Health Ministry calls for hospitals in Thailand to treat COVID-19 like an endemic instead of a pandemic beginning on March 1. 2022-02-27
Thailand announces the closure of educational institutions, pubs, bars, karaoke shops, and massage parlours; a ban on alcohol sales at restaurants; and a ban on gatherings of more than 50 people for at least two weeks, beginning April 18, due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. 2021-04-16
The government announces that COVID-19 restrictions will be eased in most areas of the country beginning February 1, allowing some businesses to reopen and restaurants to extend their operating hours. 2021-01-29
UK Prime Minister Theresa May apologises to the family of Abdul Hakim Belhaj, accepting the fact that the UK's actions led to his rendition to Libya where he was tortured. Belhaj was detained in Thailand by US authorities in 2004. His wife accepts the apology and £500,000. 2018-05-10
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
Suspected Islamic insurgents kill two Thai Army soldiers and wound 14 other people in southern Thailand. 2011-08-23
Five Thais including an MP are given suspended sentences after illegally entering Cambodia, in a case that has strained relations between the two countries. 2011-01-21
The Thai army moves into the Bangkok CBD to block the path of protesters. 2010-04-19