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Army probing drunk conscript's beating in barracks
Published on 07/04/2024
» The army has launched an investigation into an assault on a conscript by a duty officer.
Army set to return land to local people
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 05/10/2023
» Defence Minister Sutin Klungsang is proposing to hand over some military-owned land to local people as part of the government's modernisation plans for the armed forces.
Top govt trio meet with incoming military chiefs
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 04/09/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, Defence Minister Sutin Klungsang and Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara on Sunday had lunch with incoming military leaders to discuss military and security affairs.
End hazing peril, reform military
Editorial, Published on 03/09/2023
» Army conscript Wichian Phueksom was tortured to death in an army camp over 12 years ago. Today, justice has still not been served.
Return of Russia warlords stokes memories of China
Oped, Published on 05/07/2023
» The turmoil in Russia unleashed by Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner Group has drawn rapt attention in capitals throughout the world, but probably nowhere more so than in Beijing. The reason is not only that Russia is a trusted partner for China, but also that there are clear historical parallels between Russia this insurrectionary weekend and events a century ago that weakened China and left it vulnerable to invasion.
Pita's big mess
Oped, Postbag, Published on 09/06/2023
» Re: "Pita 'has sold iTV shares' ", (BP, June 6).
Shaking up conscription
News, Published on 11/05/2023
» Academics and human rights defenders have expressed mixed responses to calls to scrap compulsory military service, which is gaining national attention in the lead-up to the May 14 polls.
Student filmmakers focus on Thai society for 'Voices Of The New Gen'
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 11/05/2023
» After screenings in August last year, "Voices Of The New Gen", four short films by university students, are once again revisiting the gamut of social and political issues of 2022 on Netflix.
Conscription blues
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 07/05/2023
» The issue of compulsory military service has gained national attention in the lead-up to the May 14 polls, with several parties pledging to end it in favour of voluntary enlistment if elected as the next government.
Soldiers are not servants
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/05/2023
» The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has done the country and the Thai armed forces a great service in recommending that the military brings to an end the use of conscripts as personal employees of higher-ranking officers within 90 days. Rights commissioners made a loud and clear official statement last week that the practice is a human rights violation.