Sources: The Bangkok Post
A Bangkok-departed Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 with 181 people on board crashes during landing at the Muan International Airport, in South Korea, killing 179 people and wounding two crew members. 2024-12-29
The annual FIFA Congress in Bangkok, Thailand, awards Brazil the host rights for the 2027 Women's World Cup. 2024-05-17
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
Thai police say they have discovered bomb-making material in a raid in an apartment in an outer side of Bangkok. 2015-08-31
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
The Prime Minister of Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra, reassures residents that the capital, Bangkok, will largely escape from major flooding over the weekend. An estimated 289 people have been killed by flooding in Thailand since July 2011. 2011-10-14
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
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva lifts a curfew in the capital Bangkok and 23 provinces in the aftermath of protests but a state of emergency would remain. [http:--www.bernama.com-bernama-v5-newspolitic.php?id=502046 (Bernama)] [http:--www.google.com-hostednews-ap-article-ALeqM5g3j-vAVG1fg3kEfnogTiH8_4EXvwD9G0GG0G2 (AP)] [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-local-179532-pm-abhisit-govt-to-lift-curfew ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 2010-05-29
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
Several grenade attacks occur at the homes of former Thai Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa and in Chiang Mai. [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-local-175863-grenade-attacks-in-bangkok-chiang-mai ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 Red shirt protesters set up roadblocks to prevent police reinforcements from reaching the capital Bangkok. [http:--news.bbc.co.uk-1-hi-world-asia-pacific-8643443.stm (BBC)] [https:--web.archive.org-web-20100429154126-http:--www.mcot.net-cfcustom-cache_page-49045.cfm (Thai News Agency)] Yellow shirt protesters say they will take action against the red shirts if the authorities do not deal with the protests. [http:--english.aljazeera.net-news-africa-2010-04-201042645149451642.html (Al Jazeera)] Several grenade attacks occur at the homes of former Thai Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa and in Chiang Mai. [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-local-175863-grenade-attacks-in-bangkok-chiang-mai ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 2010-04-26