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On 22 May 2014, the Royal Thai Armed Forces, led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha, the commander of the Royal Thai Army (RTA), launched a coup d'état, the twelfth since the country's first coup in 1932, [1] against the caretaker government of Thailand following six months of political crisis. [1] The military established a junta called the ...
The 2013–2014 Thai political crisis was a period of political instability in Thailand. Anti-government protests took place between November 2013 and May 2014, organised by the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), a political pressure group led by former Democrat Party parliamentary representative ( MP ) Suthep Thaugsuban . [10]
The National Council for Peace and Order ( NCPO; Thai: คณะรักษาความสงบแห่งชาติ; RTGS : khana raksa khwam sangop haeng chat; abbreviated ( Thai: คสช.; RTGS : khosocho )) was the military junta that ruled Thailand between its 2014 Thai coup d'état on 22 May 2014 and 16 July 2019. [2] On 20 May ...
Anuchit Nguyen and Suttinee Yuvejwattana (2014-07-23). "Thai junta retains sweeping power under interim constitution". Bloomberg News. Karon Snowdon (2014-07-26). "Thailand's draft constitution will not restore democracy, expert says". Radio Australia. Nidhi Eoseewong (2014-08-13). "Understanding the cultural constitution". Bangkok Post.
Koh Tao murders. The Koh Tao murders involved the deaths of two British tourists in Thailand in 2014. On 15 September, the bodies of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller were found on Sairee Beach on the island of Koh Tao, between 4 and 5 am, a few hours after their deaths. Both victims had been hit several times on the head; Witheridge had been ...
2014 in Thailand. The year 2014 was the 233rd year of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand. It was the 69th year in the reign of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), and is reckoned as year 2557 in the Buddhist Era. Significant events include the continuing political crisis which led to a coup d'état on 22 May.
v. t. e. Senate elections were held in Thailand on 29 March 2014 for the second time under the 2007 constitution. Half the senate seats were elected for non-partisan candidates under the first-past-the-post voting system, with voters electing one senator per province. Voter turnout was 43%, down from 56% in the 2008 senate elections and 46% in ...
75 killed. Beginning on 14 December 2014, a series of floods from the northeast monsoon hit Indonesia, [11] West Malaysia, Southern Thailand, and later Sri Lanka in South Asia. More than 100,000 people have been evacuated in Indonesia, 200,000 in Malaysia, and several thousand in Thailand. [12] Floods are also affecting 1,100,000 in Sri Lanka.