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Instructors, conscripts sentenced over fatal beating
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/05/2025
» Two military instructors and 11 senior conscripts were on Tuesday sentenced to between 10 and 20 years in jail for the fatal beating of a new conscript last year.
Advanced new Taiwan jet trainer crashes
Reuters, Published on 15/02/2025
» TAIPEI — One of the Taiwan air force's new, domestically developed advanced jet trainer aircraft crashed on Saturday after reporting engine failure, though the pilot safely bailed out, the military said.
ONE Championship signs Myanmar striking star Vero Nika, debut coming ‘very soon’
Published on 28/01/2025
» Burmese striking star Vero Nika has finally officially signed with ONE Championship and is set to make her debut “very soon”.
New Thai law to protect conscripts
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/10/2024
» Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has ordered law changes to protect conscripts and low-ranking soldiers, with stricter legal enforcement against superior commanders for failing to intervene in military misconduct.
Violence no way to discipline kids
Editorial, Published on 13/10/2024
» The recent rejection of the draft law against child spanking by the House of Representatives for further review should alarm us all.
Training death prompts Senate inquiry
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 09/10/2024
» The Senate Committee on Armed Forces and State Security will visit Chon Buri to investigate the death of a naval conscript during training at a base in Sattahip.
Korea pitches fighter jets to defence minister Sutin
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 31/03/2024
» Seoul: Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has proposed to sell FA50 light fighters to the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) which plans to spend 19 billion baht in the next fiscal year to procure new fighter jets, according to a source in the Defence Ministry.
Russian draft-dodgers cautiously return home
AFP, Published on 19/08/2023
» MOSCOW: Ivan Nesterov, a well-built fitness trainer, came back to Russia six months after fleeing the mobilisation that propped up Russian forces fighting in Ukraine last fall.
Dolphins tell all on ageing
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 19/02/2023
» White caps were breaking in the bay and the rain was blowing sideways, but at Naval Base Point Loma, an elderly bottlenose dolphin named Blue was absolutely not acting her age. In a bay full of dolphins, she was impossible to miss, leaping from the water and whistling as a team of veterinarians approached along the floating docks.
Conscription's days numbered
News, Editorial, Published on 11/12/2022
» Late last month, 23 high school students in Narathiwat were rushed to hospital after harsh military training. Eight needed dialysis due to life-threatening dehydration and kidney failure.