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Public holidays in Thailand are regulated by the government, and most are observed by both the public and private sectors. There are usually nineteen public holidays in a year, but more may be declared by the cabinet. Other observances, both official and non-official, local and international, are observed to varying degrees throughout the country.
Singapore [68] 11 11 Slovakia [69] 14 15 Slovenia [70] 14 14 South Africa [71] 12 12 South Korea [72] 14 14 Spain [73] 12 13 depending on autonomous community Sri Lanka [74] 25 25 Sweden [75] 12 12 Switzerland [76] 9 15 depending on the canton, including holidays falling on a weekend Taiwan [77] 12 12 Thailand [31] 16 16 Tanzania [78] 16 16 ...
9 February – Five Thai hostages released by Hamas as part of the 2025 Gaza war ceasefire on 30 January arrive in Thailand. [23] 10 February - Seabed drilling on a bridge connecting Ko Samui to the mainland begins. [24] 11 February - With the release of the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index, Thailand's corruption score dropped from 35 to 34 ...
Thai traditionally reckon age by the 12-year animal-cycle names, with the twelfth and sixtieth anniversaries being of special significance; but the official calendar determines age at law. For instance, 12 August 2004 was observed without regard to the lunar date as Queen Sirikit's birthday, a public holiday also observed as Thai Mother's Day.
On 9 February 2017, Prayut announced 5 December to be a public holiday from that year on. [ 10 ] On 21 May 2019, King Vajiralongkorn issued a royal proclamation, without a countersignature , to repeat Prayut's 2017 announcement, ordering the nation to observe 5 December as the National Day, the Father's Day, and the Day Commemorating the Birth ...
Songkran was the official New Year until 1888, when it was switched to a fixed date of 1 April. Then in 1940, this date was shifted to 1 January. The traditional Thai New Year Songkran was transformed into a national holiday. [6] Celebrations are famous for the public water fights framed as ritual cleansing.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier begins his two day state visit to Thailand, the first state visit by a German president in 22 years. [15] 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 ...
In pre-modern times, Māgha Pūjā has been celebrated by some Southeast Asian communities. But it became widely popular in the modern period, when it was instituted in Thailand by King Rama IV in the mid-19th century. From Thailand, it spread to other South and Southeast Asian countries. Presently, it is a public holiday in some of these ...