Sources: BBC
Two German nationals are arrested and charged in the dismemberment death of German businessman Hans Peter Walter Mack in Pattaya, Thailand with a Pakistani-Thai national on the run. Two other German nationals are detained as suspects in relation to the case. 2023-07-11
Thais head to the polls to elect the members of the House of Representatives. 2023-05-14
Thailand reports a record 91 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 2,625. 2021-07-10
Thailand begins a long-awaited mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19 which aims to inoculate 70% of its population by the end of this year in order to prepare for a wider reopening next year. 2021-06-7
Thailand reports a record for the second consecutive day of 985 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide total of cases to 33,610. 2021-04-12
After acquitting five Muslim men of murder, Thai judge Kanakorn Pianchana gives a speech complaining of corrupt pressure upon the judiciary, including in this case, to convict without sufficient evidence. He then shoots himself in the chest in court in Yala, but survives. Criticism from judges of the Thai legal system is rare, but rights groups claim Muslims often face trumped-up charges in the region, which is Muslim-majority and suffers from insurgency. 2019-10-5
A bomb explodes near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others. No one claims responsibility. Thai Society president Songvut Manoonpong says that parties opposing the Thai military government are responsible. 2015-08-17
Thailand's military junta repeals martial law in favor of an imposed constitutional provision that allows the leader of the government to make extra-constitutional orders. 2015-04-1
Google reveals it has removed so-called 'terrorism videos' from the web at the request of governments, as well as blocking more than 100 YouTube videos which allegedly insult the Thai monarchy. 2012-06-17
One RKK (Runda Kumpulan Kecil) separatist group member and a Thai policeman are killed in a firefight in the village of Ruso in Thailand's Narathiwat Province. 2012-04-22