Sources: BBC
Thailand summons Iran's ambassador, demanding an apology and an explanation for the attack on the bulk carrier MV Naree 6 in the waters of the Strait the previous day. 2026-03-12
Three of the four people on board are killed after a Bell 212 police helicopter crashes and gets engulfed in flames in Nong Kok village, Prachuap Khiri Khan province, Thailand. 2025-05-24
Ten people are killed by landslides and flooding in Phuket, Thailand. 2024-08-23
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra announces a return to Thailand after 15 years of exile in the United Arab Emirates. 2023-08-2
Thailand reports a record for the second consecutive day of 312 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 8,285. 2021-08-18
Thailand reports a record 745 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 4,639. 2021-01-4
Heavy rains cause floods and landslides in Gapyeong, South Korea, killing at least 14 people and forcing the evacuation of more than 1,000. The rains have also battered China, Thailand, India and Myanmar. Neighboring North Korea warns of possible floods, while the New Zealand government reports the deaths of three of its citizens in the South Korean floods. 2020-08-4
China announces that its ivory trade is now illegal. In 2015, Mainland Chinese President Xi Jinping and then-U.S. President Barack Obama announced "near-complete" ivory bans for each country. America's ivory ban went into effect in June 2016. 2017-12-31
Unidentified gunmen open fire on peaceful protesters in Thailand, leaving one dead and three wounded. 2013-12-28
Gunmen open fire in Thailand's majority Muslim Pattani Province killing five people and injuring three people. 2011-02-3