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The Bangkok Post is an English -language daily newspaper published in Bangkok, Thailand. It is published in broadsheet and digital formats. The first issue was sold on 1 August 1946. It had four pages and cost one baht, a considerable amount at the time when a baht was a paper note.
2020–2021 Thai protests. 2020–2021 Thai protests. Clockwise from top: Protesters at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok on 18 July. A student protester reading demands on monarchical reform on 3 August. Demonstration in Pattani Province on 2 August. Dispersal of protests at Patumwan Intersection on 16 October.
It is one of two English-language dailies in Bangkok, the other being the Bangkok Post. On 28 June 2019, it published its final broadsheet edition, leaving only its online edition. [5] The Nation is Thailand's only Thai-owned English-language newspaper, [5] It is owned by the Nation Group and is a member of the Asia News Network.
Siam Paragon shooting. On 3 October 2023, at 4:10 p.m., a mass shooting occurred at the Siam Paragon mall in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. The suspected gunman, a 14-year-old male teenager, was arrested after surrendering to the police. The teen, who attended a school that was near the mall, was armed with a modified pistol, which he used ...
They were later denied access. [3] The existence of an information warfare unit participating in a cyber campaign against government critics was leaked to the public in late February 2020. [4] General Apirat Kongsompong, the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army, expressed concerns that some students' actions were inclined to lèse majesté.
All Bangkok markets and malls were ordered to close from 22 March until 12 April in response. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] On March 24, three new deaths were announced, all of whom were Thai nationals: a 70-year-old male who had tuberculosis , a 79-year-old male linked to the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium cluster, and a 45-year-old male who had diabetes . [ 35 ]
Nakhon Ratchasima shootings. Between 8 and 9 February 2020, a mass shooting occurred near and in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, colloquially known as Korat. A soldier of the Royal Thai Army killed 29 people and wounded 58 others before he was eventually shot and killed. [6]
On 22 May 2014, the Royal Thai Armed Forces, led by Prayut Chan-o-cha, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army, launched a coup d'état, the twelfth since the country's first coup in 1932, [1] against the caretaker government following six months of political crisis. [1] The military established a junta called the National Council for ...