2024 In Thailand

Following is a list of events and scheduled events in the year 2024 in Thailand. The year 2024 is reckoned as the year 2567 in Buddhist Era, the Thai calendar.

Incumbents

* King: Vajiralongkorn
* Prime Minister: Srettha Thavisin (until 14 August); Paetongtarn Shinawatra (since 16 August)
* Supreme Patriarch: Ariyavongsagatanana (Amborn Ambaro)

Events

January

* 10 January:
** Dinosaur footprints dating from between 220 to 225 million years old are discovered in Phetchabun province.
** The Royal Phuket Marina becomes the first and only carbon-neutral marina in Asia.
*11 January - Niti Vivatvanich, who was appointed Governor of Prachuap Khiri Khan Province on 19 December 2023 dies of a heart attack.
* 16 January – The Thai cabinet approves a 1 baht per litre cut on the diesel tax, which will last until the end of April.
* 17 January:
** Around 15 to 23 people are killed during an explosion at a fireworks factory in Suphan Buri.
** Activist Arnon Nampa is sentenced to four years in prison for a 2021 royal insult on social media.
** MP and Secretary-General of the Bhumjaithai Party, Saksayam Chidchob, is found guilty by the Constitutional Court of concealing his stakes in a company and resigns from his political positions.
*18 January – Thailand halts the import of poultry products from Belgium and three French regions to prevent the spread of Avian influenza.
*20 January:
**The leader of a credit card theft gang who stole ฿8 million in a month is arrested.
** A train going from Bangkok to Chiang Mai collides with truck carrying a backhoe at a crossing near Chum Saeng district, Nakhon Sawan province, killing the train driver and injuring five people.
*23 January – Sa Kaeo province introduces a 10 pm curfew for minors aged under 15 following the murder of a 47-year old on 11 January by five minors.
*24 January:
**The Constitutional Court of Thailand acquits former Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat in the owning of shares in the defunct media company iTV, paving the way for his resumption as a Member of the House of Representatives.
**School teachers are no longer required to stay on campus after school hours following an attack on a teacher on 20 January.
*31 January: The Constitutional Court rules that the Move Forward Party and its leaders, including Pita, violated the constitution through its aim to amend Thailand's lèse-majesté. The court also orders the party to end their campaign to amend the law.

February

* 1 February:
** Former senator Ruangkrai Leekitwattana submits a petition to the Election Commission to disband the Move Forward Party.
** The National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand announces the discovery of 13 low-mass galaxies via the James Webb Space Telescope.
* 2 February: UNESCO certifies Songkran as part of humanity’s intangible cultural heritage.
*7 February: The Thai government and Muslim separatists from the southern part of the country agree on a possible peace process to stop an insurrection which started in 2004.
*8 February: Nualphan Lamsam (a.k.a "Madame Pang") is elected as the first female president of Football Association of Thailand
*18 February: Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is released on parole after spending six weeks in a Bangkok hospital on the account of his age and health.

March

*4 March: Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is acquitted by the Supreme Court on charges of corruption over a 2013 campaign to promote her government's infrastructure projects involving allegations of mishandling 240 billion baht ($6.7 billion) and failure to conduct proper bidding processes.
*20 March: The head of the Royal Thai Police, Torsak Sukvimol, and one of his deputies, Surachate Hakparn are suspended by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin as part of an investigation into Surachate's alleged involvement in illegal online gambling.
*27 March: The House of Representatives approves a bill to legalize same-sex marriage by a vote of 400 to 10, with five abstentions.

April

* 12 April – Hundreds of refugees cross into Thailand from Myanmar after the fall of Myawaddy to ethnic armed organizations.
* 29 April – Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara resigns as foreign minister shortly after being removed as concurrent deputy prime minister in a cabinet reshuffle.

May

* 8 May – Thailand moves to recriminalise cannabis.
* 9 May – One person is killed and four others are injured following a fire at a chemical storage tank inside the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Rayong Province.
* 14 May – Netiporn Sanesangkhom, an activist charged with lèse-majesté, dies in detention after staging a months-long hunger strike calling for reform of the justice system and an end to the persecution of political dissidents.
* 21 May – Singapore Airlines Flight 321: A Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore makes an emergency landing at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport after experiencing severe air turbulence over Myanmar, resulting in one death and at least 104 injured.
* 27 May – A court in Pathum Thani Province sentences Move Forward Party MP Chonthicha Jaengraew to two years imprisonment for lèse-majesté.

June

* 11 June – More than 1,000 animals are killed in a fire that destroys the pet section of the Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok.
* 18 June –
** The Senate votes 130-4 to legalise same-sex marriage, making Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia to approve the measure.
** Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is indicted on charges of lèse-majesté.
* 26 June – Final/National round of the 2024 Thai Senate election

July

* 15 July – Thailand grants 60-day visa free access to nationals of 93 countries.
* 16 July – Six Vietnamese nationals are found dead from suspected poisoning at the Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel in Bangkok.
* 23 July – Senators meet to elect the chamber’s president. The result indicates that Bhumjaithai Party-affiliated members dominate the chamber.

August

* 7 August – The Constitutional Court of Thailand orders the dissolution of the Move Forward Party for violating lèse-majesté provisions in the Constitution. It also bans the members of the party's executive board, including party leaders Pita Limjaroenrat and Chaithawat Tulathon, from standing for political office for 10 years.
* 9 August – Members of the dissolved Move Forward Party announce their regrouping in Parliament under the new People's Party.
* 14 August – Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is dismissed by the Constitutional Court of Thailand for appointing Pichit Chuenban to his cabinet despite the latter having had a prior criminal conviction.
* 16 August – Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes the youngest person, the second woman and the third member of the Shinawatra family to become Prime Minister of Thailand.
* 17 August – Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra receives a pardon from King Vajiralongkorn on the occasion of the latter's birthday.
* 21 August – Thailand reports its first case of clade 1b mpox in a 66-year-old European man who works in one of the African countries with the ongoing epidemic.
* 22 August – Thai Flying Service Flight 209 crashes in Chachoengsao province, killing all nine people on board.

Art and entertainment

* List of 2024 box office number-one films in Thailand
* List of Thai submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Holidays

* 1–2 January – New Year's Day
* 10 February – Chinese New Year
* 24, 26 February – Makha Bucha Day
* 6, 8 April – Chakri Memorial Day
* 10 April – Hari Raya Puasa
* 13–16 April – Songkran Festival
* 1 May – Labour Day
* 4, 6 May – Coronation of King Vajiralongkorn Holiday
* 13 May – Royal Ploughing Ceremony
* 22 May – Visakha Bucha Day
* 3 June – Queen Suthida's Birthday
* 20 July – Asahna Bucha Day
* 28, 29 July – King Vajiralongkorn's Birthday
* 12 August – The Queen Mother's Birthday
* 13, 14 October – King Bhumibol Adulyadej Memorial Day
* 23 October – Chulalongkorn Memorial Day
* 5 December – King Bhumibol Adulyadej's Birthday
* 10 December – Constitution Day
* 25 December – Christmas Day
* 31 December – New Year's Eve

References

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