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Duty or obstacle? _ a look at conscription and national service

Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 03/03/2013

» Last month, army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha made a shocking announcement - especially for males under 21 who had never been conscripted - that those who had attended <i>Ror Dor</i> military school might no longer be exempt from national service.