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Activist monk Netiwit fails to appear for compulsory conscription
Post Reporters, Published on 09/04/2023
» Student activist-turned-monk Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal has resisted mandatory conscription, saying he plans to leave the monkhood before the end of the month and fight for his right to reject military service.
MFP wins hearts with anti-draft policy
Post Reporters, Published on 04/04/2023
» The Move Forward Party (MFP) says its policy of scrapping military conscription has met with wide approval from the general public, citing a survey.
Army must pay B17m to family of drowned soldier
Post Reporters, Published on 03/08/2022
» The Supreme Court has ordered the Royal Thai Army to pay compensation plus interest, in total about 17 million baht, to the family of a junior officer who drowned during training in 2015.
Navy chief visits Cambodia
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/03/2022
» Defence: The Royal Thai Navy chief went on a three-day visit to neighbouring Cambodia to tighten military cooperation, according to a navy source.
Covid fight sees army shift focus
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/10/2021
» Military spending will shift from procuring weapons from overseas to sourcing domestic products due to budgetary pressures caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Police nab navy private for gold theft
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/04/2021
» SONGKHLA: Police yesterday arrested a navy private who allegedly used a weapon when he looted 47 baht-weight in gold, worth 1.1 million baht, from a jewellery in a local department store on Saturday.
Virus surge shuts markets
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/02/2021
» PATHUM THANI: Two major fresh food markets on the northern outskirts of Bangkok have been closed for five days after 60 people tested positive for Covid-19.
Border hospitals stretched
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/09/2020
» State-run hospitals in Tak have appealed for donations of medical supplies for protection against Covid-19, saying their stocks are all but exhausted after the first wave of the outbreak and they are now having to treat patients from Myanmar which is now being battered by the pandemic.
Conscription delayed until August
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/06/2020
» The Defence Ministry has delayed the annual military draft period until August due to Covid-19, and said young men who received conscription notices should contact recruitment offices ahead of the draft process.
Incoming flights ban extended to May 31
Post Reporters, Published on 27/04/2020
» The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) on Monday decided to extend the ban on all incoming flights for another month, on continuing worries about the coronavirus pandemic.