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Two people are killed and nine others are injured in a fire at a market in Bangkok, Thailand. 2022-06-26
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
The Royal Thai Armed Forces deploy against major protests planned for today but a small protest goes ahead outside a shopping mall in central Bangkok. 2014-06-1
Two people are killed and 21 wounded in an attack on an anti-government protest in Bangkok. 2014-05-15
A blast at an anti-government protest at Victory Monument in Bangkok injures 28 protesters, seven of them seriously. 2014-01-19
Thai authorities consider constructing a waterway linking existing natural canals into a 200-km long "super-canal" that would hold 1.6B cubic meters of water and speed the draining of run-off to prevent flooding like that currently inundating Bangkok and other parts of the country. 2011-11-16
Flooding in Thailand reaches the residence of the Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in Bangkok, forcing her to withdraw from the Hawaii APEC summit to deal with the crisis. 2011-11-8
Floodwaters threaten the Thai capital of Bangkok as the 2011 Thai floods - which have killed 317 people and affected nearly nine million in Thailand since August - continue unabated. 2011-10-19
The Thai Cabinet agrees to lift a state of emergency in the capital Bangkok and three surrounding provinces. 2010-12-21
Thailand extends a state of emergency in several provinces and in the capital Bangkok, and lifts the decree in a further five provinces. 2010-07-6