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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

Two people are killed and nine others are injured in a fire at a market in Bangkok, Thailand.
2022-06-26

Thailand extends its COVID-19-related restrictions that include a curfew from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m., closure of shopping malls, and travel restrictions, to Chonburi, Ayutthaya, and Chachoengsao provinces after the country reports a record for the third consecutive day of 11,397 new cases of COVID-19. The restrictions in these provinces will be in effect beginning on Tuesday.
2021-07-18

An overnight fire at Pitakiatwittaya Christian elementary school's dormitory in the northern Chiang Rai Province in Thailand kills 18 girls between the ages of 5 and 12. The other 20 girls sleeping in the dorm are rescued, though five are injured.
2016-05-23

Another suspect in the bombing is arrested in Narathiwat Province in southern Thailand and flown to Bangkok.
2015-09-3

Thailand will allow the United States to fly surveillance planes through their airspace, allowing the United States to identify boats carrying refugees.
2015-05-29

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

Suspected Islamic insurgents kill two Thai Army soldiers and wound 14 other people in southern Thailand.
2011-08-23

National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship protesters in red march through Bangkok, Thailand, demonstrating against the government.
2010-03-14

Four people are charged in connection with the Santika Club fire in Thailand on December 31, 2008. [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-local-33060-prosecutors-indict-7-for-santika-blaze ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019
2010-02-17