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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

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

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

Authorities in Thailand stop the launch of a report by Human Rights Watch on alleged persecution of Montagnard Christians in Vietnam.
2015-06-26

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