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Nattaphon gives security assurances
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/07/2025
» Deputy Defence Minister Gen Nattaphon Narkphanit tried to assure the public that there will be no power vacuum and national security work will continue as usual despite the defence minister post being left vacant.
Defence minister’s post left vacant in reshuffle
Post Reporters, Published on 01/07/2025
» The post of defence minister has been left vacant in the latest Thai cabinet reshuffle, prompting speculation that it is being reserved for Gen Chalermpol Srisawat, a former senator and chief of defence forces.
Annual military reshuffle back
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 06/08/2023
» The annual military reshuffle is back in the spotlight, with leaders of the three armed forces and the chief of the Thai defence forces going into mandatory retirement at the end of September.
'No politics' in generals' trip
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 19/07/2023
» A trip by former army chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong, and chief of the Thai defence forces, Gen Chalermpol Srisawat, to a Malaysian island on May 5-7 was about peace efforts in the deep South and had nothing to do with national politics, a source said yesterday.
‘No political agenda’ in generals’ Langkawi trip
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 18/07/2023
» A trip by former army chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong and the chief of defence forces Gen Chalermpol Srisawat to a Malaysian island on May 5-7 had nothing to do with national politics, a source said on Tuesday.
Top brass unlikely to attend Thursday's PM vote
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 12/07/2023
» The nation's top military officers, all ex-officio members of the Senate, are unlikely to attend the joint parliamentary session on Thursday to vote for a new prime minister.
First batch of evacuees arrive home
Published on 28/04/2023
» The first batch of 78 Thai evacuees from war-torn Sudan arrived at Bangkok's Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base on Thursday night.
Raw deal for refugees
News, Editorial, Published on 15/04/2023
» As Thais celebrate Songkran this week, many of our neighbours in Myanmar are facing agony as their junta government ramps up airstrikes on armed rebel bases along the border.
Army mustn't dictate policy
Oped, Editorial, Published on 28/03/2023
» The situation at the Thai-Myanmar border is becoming increasingly worrying following last week's intensified clashes between Myanmar's military government and armed ethnic rebel groups.
Respect for refugees
News, Editorial, Published on 01/02/2023
» On Feb 1, 2021, the world was shocked as the Myanmar military staged a coup, pushing the country formerly seen as a new poster-boy of democracy back to an Orwellian state.