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“Ror Dor” (รด.) may not be ticket out of conscription
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 06/02/2013
» Many Thai students and their parents got a bit of a shock this week when the army chief said students in the territorial defence programme (Ror Dor) might not be exempted from army conscription. Here’s the latest clarification.
Big changes ahead
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 18/01/2012
» New defence minister is likely to have much cooler relations with army chief and his subordinates.
Abhisit fights removal from teaching post
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 04/01/2013
» Abhisit vows to fight the defence minister’s order retroactively cancelling his appointment as a military academy lecturer, calling it a form of malpractice carried out with ulterior motives.
Transsexuals win one
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/09/2011
» The Administrative Court has ordered the Defence Ministry to stop describing transsexuals as people with a "permanent mental disorder".
Empty villages
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 29/04/2011
» Many borders in the Surin, Buri Ram area are deserted except for a few defence volunteers.
What is it? (updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 23/12/2011
» If you live in an area that has recently been hit by artillery shells like Kantharalak district in Si Sa Ket, you are understandably a bit panicky when mysterious large objects start falling out of the sky. Latest: Defence minister says he knows what it is.
Innocents killed
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 22/03/2012
» Both the defence minister and the 4th Army chief have accepted the finding of an independent committee that military rangers wrongfully shot dead four villagers in Pattani.
Failure not an option, minister says
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/11/2011
» As floodwaters seep in, the defence minister said the government would try to protect the Bang Chan and Lat Krabang industrial estates at all costs. "They are two important locations we must save or all the government's credibility will be lost."
Police to replace troops on Cambodian border
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/02/2013
» Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to replace border troops with police ahead of the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) oral hearings on the two countries’ territorial dispute.
Euro 2012: Spain and Italy reach quarter-finals
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 19/06/2012
» Spain upset Croatia’s hopes of reaching the quarterfinals with a tough 1-0 victory while Italy did just enough to qualify with a 2-0 win over the Republic of Ireland