High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2006 Bangkok bombings occurred on 31 December 2006 and 1 January 2007, during New Year`s Eve festivities in Bangkok, Thailand. Four explosions went off almost simultaneously in different parts of the city at around 6:00 p.m. local time (1100 UTC), followed by several more explosions within the next 90 minutes. Two more explosions occurred after midnight. In total, eight explosions were reported during the night.