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Military downsizing gets nod
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/12/2024
» The Defence Council on Monday approved a white paper that outlines a plan to downsize the armed forces and reduce spending on weapons.
Thai army warns southerners against illegal border crossings
Online Reporters, Published on 23/12/2024
» The southern army chief has warned people living along the border not to cross illegally into Malaysia, because authorities there are enforcing strict controls.
Expelling drug lords at the border
Editorial, Published on 22/12/2024
» The Thai-Myanmar border has always been a security challenge for Thailand, but the United Wa State Army (UWSA) has turned parts of it into a serious drug trafficking and humanitarian nightmare.
Wa State Army denies Thai border tension rumours
Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 08/12/2024
» Myanmar's United Wa State Army (UWSA), known as the Red Wa Army, on Sunday denied reports of growing tensions over a standoff with Thailand, urging the public not to believe the rumours and condemning those who would "stir up war".
Govt: Myanmar's attack on unarmed Thai fishing boats was 'overreaction'
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 02/12/2024
» The Thai government has insisted that the Myanmar military opening fire at Thai fishing boats in the Andaman Sea on Saturday was an "overreaction" and repeated its demand for the immediate return of the four detained Thai crewmembers.
End Japan's loans to Myanmar's Tatmadaw
News, Published on 26/11/2024
» More than 3.5 years after the Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) attempted to seize control of the country through a coup, the Japanese government continues to provide Official Development Assistance (ODA) and public funds that benefit the military junta. Despite the sacrifices of the Myanmar people to end the Myanmar military's decades-long oppression, Japan's "assistance" risks burdening survivors with enormous loans that potentially enable the military to continue its atrocities against the very people it is meant to aid.
Aung Ko Ko's death shines light on army impunity
News, Published on 25/11/2024
» In January this year, the bruised and bloody body of a Myanmar man named Aung Ko Ko was found near the bustling town of Mae Sot, Thailand -- just over the border from a deadly revolutionary war in Myanmar. But it wasn't armed conflict in Myanmar that claimed Aung Ko Ko's 37-year-old life. Evidence points to the Thai military.
No Tak Bai miracles to deliver justice
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/10/2024
» There was no miracle as the clock ticked past midnight of Oct 25 marking the end of the 20-year statute of limitations in the Tak Bai case.
Bangkok's Chula Uni relocates launch of book critical of military off-campus
Online Reporters, Published on 23/09/2024
» Chulalongkorn University has cancelled a plan to use its campus to hold a seminar and book launch for a book – authored by one of its own scholars – on the role of the military in Thailand.
Air force 'bribe' on ministry radar now
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/09/2024
» Transnational bribery involving the military has been a chronic problem, but the latest claim remains unverified pending an investigation, said Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai in response to a recent allegation of kickbacks allegedly paid by a US company to the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF).