Ministry of Defense Drives Modernization of Royal Thai Army

Ministry of Defense building in Bangkok, opposite Temple of the Emerald Buddha
Ministry of Defense building in Bangkok, opposite Temple of the Emerald Buddha. Photo: Uthen Smantai.

BANGKOK (NNT) – Minister of Defense Sutin Klungsang visited the Royal Thai Army Headquarters, where he discussed policies and operational guidelines with General Charoenchai Hinthao, [Read More…]

Probe ordered after 17 defence students hospitalised after harsh training in Narathiwat

Young soldiers in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
Young soldiers in Thailand. Photo: Michael Coghlan / flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0.

The commander of the Fourth Army Region has ordered an investigation after 17 territorial defence students, in Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat, were sent to [Read More…]

Thai Defence Ministry dismisses report of arms and drug trafficking by Privy Council president’s son

Ministry of Defense building in Bangkok, opposite Temple of the Emerald Buddha
Ministry of Defense building in Bangkok, opposite Temple of the Emerald Buddha. Photo: Uthen Smantai.

The spokesman for the Thai Ministry of Defence, General Kongcheep Tantravanich, has dismissed as fake news a report that one of the three Thai nationals [Read More…]