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2013 in Thailand

2013 in Thailand

List of events

The year 2013 was the 232nd year of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand. It was the 68th year in the reign of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), and is reckoned as year 2556 in the Buddhist Era. The year saw the beginning of protests against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's government which led to a state of political crisis and the dissolution of government.

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Incumbents

Events

January

  • 23 January - A court in Thailand sentences a magazine editor to ten years' imprisonment for publishing articles that were deemed to have insulted the monarchy.[1]

February

  • 10 February - A roadside bombing in Yala Province kills 5 soldiers and injures three others.[2]
  • 13 February –16 Muslim insurgents are killed during an attack on a military base in Narathiwat.[3]
  • 25 February - At least 4 people are dead and 20 injured after a homemade bomb is detonated at a Buddhist festival in Maha Sarakham Province.[4]
  • 28 February - Thailand agrees to peace talks with Muslim rebels for the first time after 20 years of conflict.[5]

March

April

May

June

July

  • 27 July - The Rayong oil spill occurred in the Gulf of Thailand.[12]
  • 28 July - Heavy rain causes 30 metres of the Uttamanusorn Bridge in Kanchanaburi province to collapse. The amount collapsed increases to 70 metres three days after.[13]

August

September

October

November

December

Births

Deaths

Sport

September

See also

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2013 in Thailand.
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    "Thai court jails magazine editor over 'royal insult'". BBC News. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
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    "Car bomb kills five soldiers in Thai south, wounds one". 10 February 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
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    "Thai insurgents attack army base, troops kill 16". Reuters. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
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    "Four dead, 20 injured in Thai bomb blast". 25 February 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
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    "Thailand signs peace talks deal with Muslim rebels". BBC News. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
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    "Motorcycle bomb kills 2 in Thai south, tests peace talk deal". Reuters. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
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    Bangkok governor election 2013 | Bangkok Post
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    Bangkok governor wins second term in key election
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    "Thailand's promise to end ivory trade cautiously welcomed". BBC News. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
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    Camp to be rebuilt, death toll at 37 – Bangkok Post. Published 24 March 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
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    Eight soldiers killed by roadside bomb in south Thailand - BBC News (Archived June 12, 2022, at the Wayback Machine)
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    "Oil spill threatens Rayong beaches". www.bangkokpost.com. Bangkok Post. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
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    "Sapan Mon Bridge". www.tourismthailand.org. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
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    VGP News|Gov't braces for eighth tropical storm - Gov't braces for eighth tropical storm
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    http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/common/Meetings/dry_ports/Signing/Agreement-on-Dry-Ports-E.pdf
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    Thailand Open 2013 with many famous tennis players such as Andy Murray Tomas Berdych Milos Raonic Bernard Tomic Richard Gasquet and more


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