Sources: The Telegraph
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Sagaing, Myanmar, with significant damages reported as far away as Bangkok, Thailand. Over 1,000 people are killed in Myanmar and ten more in Thailand. A state of emergency is declared by the Myanmar government. 2025-03-28
Three tourists are killed and seven others are injured in a fire at a hotel on Khaosan Road in Bangkok, Thailand. 2024-12-30
Two people are killed and nine others are injured in a fire at a market in Bangkok, Thailand. 2022-06-26
Thailand reports its first locally transmitted cases of the Lineage B.1.1.7 variant first detected in the United Kingdom. It found 24 cases in the Thong Lor cluster in Bangkok. 2021-04-7
One person is killed and 20 injured in a hotel fire in Bangkok, Thailand. 2012-03-9
Thai authorities accuse the anti-government red shirts of being behind a bomb blast in the capital Bangkok that killed at least three people. 2010-10-6
A court in Thailand rejects a request to drop charges against Viktor Bout, whom the United States suspects of attempting to sell weapons to its opponents. He was arrested by undercover United States agents in 2008 at a Bangkok hotel. 2010-10-4
Thailand lifts its state of emergency in 3 provinces but retains it in 7 others, including Bangkok. 2010-08-16
Hospital officials confirm the death of Thai general, Khattiya Sawasdipol, after he was shot on Thursday as he backed protesters in Bangkok. 2010-05-17
Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and anti-government "Red Shirt" protesters reach a qualified agreement to hold general elections in November, but questions over the dissolution of parliament prevent an end to the two-month standoff in central Bangkok. 2010-05-4