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24 July, Thao Suranari Square, Nakhon Ratchasima Province — sit-ins organised by a group of students and lecturers from four academies in the province. It saw one of the largest crowds amongst other protests. [18] On 27 and 29 July, Thais in Paris, New York City and London also protested against the Prayut government.
The year 2020 is the 239th year of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand. It is the fifth year in the reign of King Vajiralongkorn (Rama X), and is reckoned as year 2563 in the Buddhist Era. The year was most significantly marked the by the global COVID-19 pandemic, which reached Thailand in January, as well as widespread youth-led protest ...
List of prime ministers of Thailand. Top left: Phraya Manopakorn Nitithada was the first prime minister of Thailand. Top right: Plaek Phibunsongkhram was the longest-serving prime minister. Bottom left: Yingluck Shinawatra was the first female prime minister of Thailand. Bottom right: Srettha Thavisin is the current prime minister.
Background. This will be the third election under the 2017 constitution, which was implemented under the National Council for Peace and Order (the junta that took power in the 2014 Thai coup d'état), and the first after the expiration of the constitution's five-year transitory provision that gave the senate voting rights to choose the prime minister in a joint session of parliament.
On August 20, two large-scale student protests of approximately 1,000 people each were held in Khorat and Khon Kaen, with the “Khon Kaen’s Had Enough” group holding the protest in the city center and the Khorat group at the Thao Suranari Monument. Activists announced a “major rally” would occur on 19 September 2020, at Thammasat ...
General elections were held in Thailand on 24 March 2019. They were the first elections since the 2014 Thai coup d'état that installed coup leader General Prayut Chan-o-cha as prime minister, and the first held in accordance with the 2017 constitution, which was drafted under the ruling military junta. The elections selected the five hundred ...
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]
Clip of unknown person throwing explosive at rally 25 November 2020, Twitter video On 25 November, over 10,000 protesters converged on the headquarters of Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) in northern Bangkok, in which the King is the largest shareholder with a stake of 23.4 percent valued at over $2.3 billion.