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Luechai defends LPD purchase
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 14/09/2019
» The Royal Thai Navy has defended its latest purchase from China, a 6.1-billion-baht landing platform dock (LPD), insisting the ship can conduct both combat and humanitarian missions.
Govt claims success in star PR drive
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 29/08/2018
» A strategy to boost the regime's popularity and promote its reform efforts by courting big-name Thai celebrities appears to be working, according to a government minister.
19 Thais rescued from call scam gang in Cambodia
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 17/03/2024
» Cambodian officials rescued 19 Thai people from a call scam gang in Oddar Meanchey on Saturday, according to the Suranaree Task Force.
'Sukhothai' salvage operation ends, memorial planned
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 13/03/2024
» PRACHUAP KhIRI KHAN: The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) announced on Tuesday the end of a 19-day operation to salvage the sunken HTMS Sukhothai, with the next step being the establishment of a memorial monument.
Committee rejects navy's ship appeal
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 06/03/2024
» A special House committee tasked with vetting the 2024 budget has dismissed the navy's appeal against its decision to reject the navy's request for a budget to fund the purchase of a new frigate, according to a source on Tuesday.
Navy chief appeals decision to cut budget for new frigate
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 05/03/2024
» Royal Thai Navy commander Adm Adoong Pan-iam is appealing the House's decision to reject its request for a budget to fund the purchase of a new frigate, saying a new ship is needed to bolster the nation's maritime defences, a source said.
Buddha statue, documents recovered from ship
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 26/02/2024
» PRACHUP KIRI KHAN: A Buddha sculpture and several documents were retrieved from the sunken HTMS Sukhothai on Saturday, the third day of the joint salvage operation with the United States' Navy.
Divers go on salvage mission
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 23/02/2024
» PRACHUAP KhIRI KHAN: A team of 49 divers from the Thai and United States navies on Thursday began a 19-day mission to salvage HTMS Sukhothai as part of the Cobra Gold joint military exercise.
US, Thai navies begin HTMS Sukhothai salvage
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 18/02/2024
» The Thai and US navies plan to commence a joint operation on Thursday to salvage HTMS Sukhothai, which sank about 35 kilometres off the coast of Prachuap Khiri Khan on Dec 18, 2022, after being caught in a storm.
Doubt cast on MFP MP's conscription exemption
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 30/01/2024
» Lt Gen Taweepool Rimsakorn, commanding general of the Territorial Defense Command (TDC), on Monday cast doubt over the validity of a claim made by Move Forward Party (MFP) MP Jirat Thongsuwan that he has been exempted from mandatory military service.