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The Phnom Penh Post
April 12, 2018
Thai media also reported a potential connection to Thailand's military, with the suspect – named as Chayut Prasertrit – driving a car that carried a 4th Calvary Regiment sticker. The suspect reportedly confessed to smuggling the weapons and indicated he intended to deliver them to a customer in Thailand.
Metro
April 10, 2018
The 20-year-old has been given an exemption after enough men volunteered for the military ahead of his possible enlistment. The Thai singer and rapper, real name Kunpimook Bhuwakul, returned to Thailand from South Korea for the military draft on 9 April. Much like South Korea, Thailand has aÃâà...
Inquirer.net
April 10, 2018
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Coventry Telegraph
April 9, 2018
GOT7's BamBam will not be serving in the South Korean military. The massive South Korean pop star discovered his enlistment .... For Thailand's military service, a lottery is held in each area every year in April to determine the new recruits. Potential recruits select a card out of a box, and if it is red, he willÃâà...
South China Morning Post
April 3, 2018
Much like the multitude of visitors it entices, the Thai capital's attractions are many and varied, with street food, sex and after-dark entertainment often cited as major draws. Incidentally, these are also among the industries targeted by the country's ruling military junta in an effort to clean up Bangkok's image.
The Diplomat
March 27, 2018
On March 26, Pavlo Bukin, the Director General of state-owned defense industry group Ukroboronprom, declared that the deal had effectively been completed, with the batch of combat vehicles successfully passing a test in the presence of Thai defense officials the tanks soon be being sent to Thailand toÃâà...
Bangkok Post
March 25, 2018
Anti-military activists have announced they will step up their rally and stage a prolonged rally in May to oust the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) ... Today's march to the Royal Thai Army headquarters is aimed at calling for the military to stop supporting the NCPO and take the people's side.
The News Lens International
March 25, 2018
Since 2015, Thailand's military government has been in the process of rigorously reforming the country's investment policies. ... National and multinational corporations investing in the zones will receive generous governmental support from the Thai Board of Investment (BOI), including tax incentives andÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
March 25, 2018
Members of the Thai army take part in Thailand's National Armed Forces Day at the Thai Army 11th Infantry Regiment in Bangkok, Thailand January 18, 2016. ... BANGKOK: More than 300 Thai pro-democracy demonstrators marched to the gates of the army headquarters in Bangkok on Saturday (Mar 24) toÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 25, 2018
BANGKOK (REUTERS) - More than 300 Thai pro-democracy demonstrators marched to the gates of the army headquarters in Bangkok on Saturday (March 24) to call on soldiers to withdraw their support for the ruling junta. It was one of the biggest in a new wave of protests against corruption and theÃâà...
The Independent
March 25, 2018
Thailand's military government is crushing the spirit of Bangkok's nightlife amid an intensifying crackdown that is forcing many bars and clubs to close early or indefinitely. With an election tentatively set for February 2019, the campaign appears to be a last-ditch attempt by the embattled government toÃâà...
Green Left Weekly
March 23, 2018
The Thai Alliance for Human Rights (Australia) (TAHRA) was angry that former general and now Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, the leader of the illegal military junta running Thailand, was welcomed to the summit after foreign minister Julie Bishop had pledged in writing that “given Australia'sÃâà...
Asia Times
March 22, 2018
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha speaks during a media press conference at Government House in Bangkok on September 15, 2016. ... Thailand's military regime, keen to promote its ambitious Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) development program, sent mixed signals to the same foreign investors itÃâà...
OCCRP
March 22, 2018
Thailand's military government has been hit with a graft scandal involving the misappropriation of 85 percent of funds that were allocated for the poor and for HIV patients, the Office of Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) made said on Tuesday after finding evidence of US$ 3.2 million missing.
ABC News
March 15, 2018
Thai billionaire Thananthorn Juangroongruangkit smiles after announcing the launch of his new Future Forward Party in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, March 15, 2018. Thailand's slow move from military to civilian governance has lured dozens of new political parties to register in barely two weeks,Ãâà...
Phuket Gazette
March 15, 2018
BANGKOK, THAILAND - MAY 23: Thai police patrol outside a military compound before former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrives to report to Thailand's ruling military on May 23, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand.The military summoned the entire former government and members of the politically influential ShinawatraÃâà...
Daily Times
March 15, 2018
“Give democracy a chance,” the graduate of New York University Stern School of Business said in English at the launch. “We don't need governance through guns,” he added in Thai, referring to the ruling military, which took power in 2014. The launch comes two weeks after Thailand's Election CommissionÃâà...
Jakarta Globe
March 13, 2018
Thailand's military government inherited 18.7 million tons of rice stocks built up under the previous government's rice subsidy scheme, and has held several ... The Thai government will ship 100,000 tons of rice on a government-to-government deal with China's state-owned trader Cofco Corporation thisÃâà...
Asia Times
March 13, 2018
Thailand's ruling military junta should “chase” Cambodian exiles “staying in Bangkok,” Hun Sen said in a speech last year soon after the CNRP's dissolution. The party's leader, Kem Sokha, is currently detained in Phnom Penh on treason charges, a message to the CNRP's rank and file that no one is safeÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 10, 2018
BANGKOK (AFP) - Hundreds of pro-democracy Thais rallied in Bangkok on Saturday (March 10) to rail against the ruling junta with T-shirts, signs and speeches, as activists grow bolder in their defiance of a ban on protests. The military regime has kept a tight rein on dissent since its 2014 power grab byÃâà...
ABC News
March 8, 2018
Thailand's military government responded by introducing new regulations and setting up a command center to fight illegal fishing. The ILO report released Wednesday on "Ship to Shore Rights" recommends the Thai government strengthen its legal framework, ensure effective enforcement, establish higherÃâà...
benarnews
February 26, 2018
Separatist insurgents recently hijacked a double-decker tour bus and set it on fire in Thailand's Deep South, after escorting the passengers off. The incident jolted security officials in the region, where the military had boasted about winning hearts and minds of the predominantly Malay Muslim population.
KGOU
February 23, 2018
“This is sort of a military junta behind the scenes. There is certainly an elected government. But what a lot of Thai professors have said is, Thailand is following the Myanmar model, where you have a very strong military sort of behind a charade democracy. And that way, the military in Thailand, as well as theÃâà...
Nikkei Asian Review
February 23, 2018
Thailand's constitution stipulates that voting must occur within 150 days of the laws taking effect. The later they pass, the longer the junta can delay the election. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, head of Thailand's military junta, has stated that the election would be held this November. But in late January,Ãâà...
The Nation
February 22, 2018
According to his testimony to the US Congress last April, Harris is convinced that the US should “engage more, not less, on Thai military leadership” and that “Thailand is committed to a return to democracy with national elections in 2018”. “[This is] the best way for the US to promote security and healthyÃâà...
Military Times
February 17, 2018
A South Korea soldier aims his machine gun during the ongoing Cobra Gold U.S.-Thai joint military exercise on Hat Yao beach in Chonburi province, eastern Thailand, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018. Approximately 11,000 military personnel from the U.S., Thailand, and South Korea are taking part in the annualÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
February 16, 2018
It was awarded "to show the long and close relations" between the two countries, the Royal Thai Armed Forces said in a statement. But Matt Smith, of campaign group Fortify Rights, said Thailand should support calls for accountability and justice in neighbouring Myanmar rather than honouring its topÃâà...
Newsweek
February 15, 2018
Thailand's military junta filed a criminal and civil defamation case on Wednesday against a man who spoke publicly about the fact that he was tortured by Thailand's ... Thai soldiers are on high alert after insurgents detonated more than 36 small bombs in the region in Yala, Thailand, on May 17, 2015.
Department of Defense
February 7, 2018
A military coup in 2014 canceled any high-level contacts between the two militaries. The Thai regime has promised a return to civilian control after elections later this year. The visit is proof of the chairman's commitment to the military-to-military relationship between U.S. and Thailand. Dunford noted that theÃâà...
Department of Defense
February 6, 2018
The United States put a hold on military-to-military contacts with Thailand following a military coup in May 2014. The contacts have been re-energized now that the Thai government has scheduled free elections later this year. During his visit to Thailand, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford will meet withÃâà...
NZCity
December 31, 1999
... Thai and banana pancakes. Not long ago it was hard to sneak through the heaving stalls. Now, they neatly line one side of the strip. Local couple, Supakit Lamrueang and his wife, have cooked street food on Khaosan Road for more than 20 years. But in the last year, they've suffered in the military junta'sÃâà...
Human Rights Watch
December 31, 1999
The missing footage raises doubts about the military's claims. Thailand's judicial authorities should not accept at face value the army's one-sided account of Chaiyaphum's death. They need to undertake a thorough and impartial investigation of his killing and make their findings public. They also need toÃâà...
Khmer Times
December 31, 1999
Since the 1932 revolution overthrew Thailand's absolute monarchy, the Thai military has been as much a political actor as an instrument of policy. But this has come at the price of its capacity to accept direction, develop a defence doctrine capable of disciplining procurement, and generate and executeÃâà...
East Asia Forum
December 31, 1999
As Thailand's latest junta approaches its apparent denouement after four years, discussion is once again turning to the role the Thai military will play in post-election politics. This focus tends to overlook the military's external security role, as well as the impact of its political involvement on this responsibility.
