# 2025 in Thailand

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Following is a list of events and scheduled events in the year 2025 in Thailand. The year 2025 is reckoned as the year 2568 in Buddhist Era, the Thai calendar.

## Incumbents

* King: Vajiralongkorn
* Prime Minister: Paetongtarn Shinawatra
* Supreme Patriarch: Ariyavongsagatanana (Amborn Ambaro)
* President of the National Assembly: Wan Muhamad Noor Matha (Prachachat)
* House of Representatives: 26th
* Senate: 13th

## Events
### January

* 1 January – A tour bus crashes into a tree in Surat Thani province, killing five and injuring more than 30.
* 4 January – Myanmar repatriates 151 Thai prisoners.
* 7 January –
** Missing Chinese actor Wang Xing is found in Myanmar by Thai officials after being lured to Myanmar, with the case attracting attention on Chinese social media.
** Former Cambodian opposition MP Lim Kimya is shot dead in Bangkok shortly after arriving from Cambodia. His suspected killer is arrested in Cambodia the next day.
* 8 January - 2025 Bangkok smog: PM2.5 levels in Bangkok exceeded acceptable health standards, beginning the annual air population season.
* 13 January – South Thailand insurgency: 10 paramilitary rangers are injured in a bomb attack in Pattani.
* 18 January – 2 February – 2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup in Malaysia and Thailand
* 23 January –
** Same-sex marriage officially becomes legal in Thailand.
** A court in Khon Kaen province convicts Olympic gold medalist and boxer Somluck Kamsing of sexually assaulting a 17-year old girl in 2023 and sentences him to more than three years' imprisonment.
* 24 January – 2025 Bangkok smog: 352 schools in Bangkok are forced to close as a result of the city's poor air quality.
* 28 January – The Paetongtarn cabinet approves ฿620 million to combat PM 2.5 dust pollution, forest fires and haze.
* 30 January –
** Five Thais captured by Hamas during the 7 October attacks in Israel in 2023 are released by the group as part of the 2025 Gaza war ceasefire.
** Amid worsening air quality in central, northern and north-eastern Thailand, the government imposes a ban on crop burning.

### February

* 1 February – The 2025 Thai Provincial Administrative Organization election is held in 47 provinces.
* 5 February – The Thai government stops the supply of electricity, fuel and the internet to several Burmese towns along the border with Thailand that are known to host scam operations.
* 9 February – Five Thai hostages released by Hamas as part of the 2025 Gaza war ceasefire on 30 January arrive in Thailand.
* 10 February – Seabed drilling on a bridge connecting Ko Samui to the mainland begins.
* 13 February – Thai soldiers prevent a group of Cambodian visitors at the disputed Prasat Ta Muen Thom temple from singing the Cambodian national anthem, creating some tension between the two countries.
* 15 February – The military in Tak province receives over 260 people, mainly Ethiopians, who were held in scam centres across the border in Myawaddy, Myanmar.
* 20 February –
** After a decade-long manhunt Suthee Chuamthaisong, who was convicted of corruption by the Supreme Court in 2019 in relation to the rice pledging scheme under Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, is found by Thai authorities.
** Around 200 Chinese nationals who were held in scam centres in Myanmar are repatriated to China via Mae Sot Airport.
* 21 February – The Embassy of Israel in Bangkok issues outlines encouraging Israelis in Thailand to behave amid tensions between the Israeli community and locals in Pai.
* 23 February – Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra issues a public apology over the Tak Bai incident in 2004 as part of a visit to the Deep South.
* 26 February – A tour bus carrying adults on a study trip overturns and falls into a ditch in Prachinburi province, killing 18 people and injuring 23 others.
* 27 February – 40 Uyghurs held in Thailand for over a decade are deported to China at the request of the Chinese government.

### March

* 5 March – The Supreme Administrative Court annuls a 1975 directive from the Ministry of Education banning students from wearing cosmetics or having long hair.
* 8 March – South Thailand insurgency: A series of bombings occur in Narathiwat and Pattani provinces, killing five people and injuring 30 others.
* 11 March – Surachate Hakparn is dismissed as deputy commander of the Royal Thai Police as part of an investigation into money laundering.
* 14 March – The United States imposes sanctions on unidentified incumbent and former Thai officials for their role in the deportation of 40 Uyghurs to China in February.
* 15 March – A section of an elevated roadway being built in Bangkok collapses, killing five people.

### Scheduled

* 21 November – The Miss Universe 2025 pageant will be held at the Impact, Muang Thong Thani in Bangkok.
* 9–20 December – 2025 SEA Games

## Art and entertainment

* List of 2025 box office number-one films in Thailand
* List of Thai submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

## Holidays

Source:
* 1 January – New Year's Day
* 29 January – Chinese New Year
* 12 February – Makha Bucha Day
* 29–30–March – Hari Raya Puasa
* 6, 7 April – Chakri Memorial Day
* 13–16 April – Songkran Festival
* 1 May – Labour Day
* 4, 5 May – Coronation of King Vajiralongkorn Holiday
* 9 May – Royal Ploughing Ceremony
* 12 May – Visakha Bucha Day
* 3 June – Queen Suthida's Birthday
* 10 July – Asahna Bucha Day
* 28 July – King Vajiralongkorn's Birthday
* 12 August – The Queen Mother's Birthday
* 13 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

## Deaths
### January

* 6 January – Panya Kritcharoen, 75, Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Ratchaburi (2005–2023).
* 7 January – Lim Kimya, former Cambodian opposition MP

### February

* 23 February — Thanin Kraivichien, 97, Prime Minister (1976-1977).

### March

* 7 March — Thitisan Utthanaphon, police officer and convicted murderer.