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PP returns to plan to end conscription
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/04/2026
» The People's Party (PP) has proposed legal amendments that would replace military conscription with a voluntary system this year.
Cambodia warships pose no threat: navy
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/04/2026
» The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) has downplayed security concerns over Cambodia's new Chinese-made warships, saying Thailand's maritime security capacity remains intact.
Army denies blocking return of displaced
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/03/2026
» The Royal Thai Army (RTA) rejects allegations from Phnom Penh that Thai forces are blocking the return of tens of thousands of displaced people.
Cornered Orban at risk of losing next election
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 28/03/2026
» Viktor Orban has not aged well. When I met him in Budapest two months before the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, he was a typical hyper-ambitious student leader. Anybody who has been to university knows the type: fluent, ruthless, perpetually on the look-out for the main chance, and oddly old still to be a student. (He was 26.)
Klatham 'waiting in the wings'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 23/03/2026
» In Thailand's fluid and transactional political landscape, the emergence of the Klatham Party as a "waiting wing" opposition reflects a calibrated strategy.
American hegemony is waning
News, Carla Norrlöf is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto., Published on 21/03/2026
» The messy crisis in the Strait of Hormuz has clarified how power works in the 21st century. It reminds us that the greatest long-term threat to the United States is not China's military buildup or Russian aggression, but the gradual fragmentation of the alliance system that has underwritten its global leadership since World War II.
Bhumjaithai keeping allies apart
News, Published on 28/02/2026
» By separating Pheu Thai and Klatham in its coalition bid, Bhumjaithai may be seeking to contain internal rivalries v The PP's loss of 33 seats at the last election reflects overconfidence, ethical questions and shifting voter sentiment.
Army denies border gunfire claim
News, Post reporters, Published on 22/02/2026
» The Royal Thai Army has denied Cambodian media reports alleging Thai troops opened fire on Cambodian forces near a border area in Preah Vihear province, injuring one soldier.
Armed forces release border row white paper
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 21/02/2026
» The Royal Thai Armed Forces have reaffirmed their readiness to defend national sovereignty along the Thai-Cambodian border, releasing a white paper outlining facts and evidence in response to recent allegations by Cambodian leaders.
Anutin fuels border fear
News, Editorial, Published on 14/02/2026
» From a dubious plan to tightly seal the border with Cambodia, caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, who is seeking to form a coalition government, has now given the nod to construct additional fencing along the frontier -- a move that signals extended hostility towards Thailand's immediate neighbour.