Sources: The Bangkok Post
Chadchart Sittipunt is reelected to a second term as governor of Bangkok, Thailand. 2026-06-28
The Bangkok Criminal Court sentences a Thai man to life in prison for the January 7 assassination of Cambodian politician Lim Kimya in Bangkok. 2025-10-3
An event called "Let's run, Hamtaro" is organised at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok. It was initially an online activism, later spread via Twitter, and eventually gathered around 3,000 people. The event consisted of running around the monument whilst singing a jingle from "Hamtaro", a famous Japanese cartoon, with some amendments to the lyrics as a satire to political corruption. The well-known lyrics from "Hamtaro"; "the most yummy things of all are... sunflower seeds!", was amended into a satire "the most yummy things of all are... citizens' taxes!". 2020-07-26
Multiple bomb blasts hit Bangkok, Thailand, as United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a regional security summit. At least four people are injured. 2019-08-2
Another suspect in the bombing is arrested in Narathiwat Province in southern Thailand and flown to Bangkok. 2015-09-3
Several opposition parties including the Civil Movement for Democracy hold a protest march on the headquarters of Thailand's ruling Puea Thai party in Bangkok. 2013-11-29
Vorayuth Yoovidhya, the grandson of a creator of Red Bull, is arrested in Bangkok after an early morning hit-and-run that killed a police officer. 2012-09-3
The Burmese embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, grants Aung San Suu Kyi's younger son Kim Aris a visa to see her. 2010-11-22
Thailand lifts a state of emergency in Nakhon Ratchasima, Khon Kaen and Udon Thani but it remains in place in Bangkok and the nearby provinces of Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani and Samut Prakan. 2010-10-1
Thousands of "red shirt" anti-government protesters rally in the Thai capital Bangkok demanding new elections. 2010-04-3