By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE UNITED STATES has not planned to build a naval base in Thai territory on shore of the Andaman Sea as otherwise widely feared by the Thai public, a navy source said today (July 14). The US navy’s Indo-Pacific-based Seventh Fleet has had no alleged plan to build a naval
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Cambodia to implement military conscription in 2026
By AFP and published by CNA Phnom Penh – Cambodia’s military will begin conscripting civilians next year, Prime Minister Hun Manet said Monday (July 14), adding that rising tensions with Thailand was the reason for activating a long-dormant mandatory enlistment law. Cambodia’s parliament in 2006 approved a law that would require all Cambodians aged
Read moreBerserk foreigner rescued after crawling in a condo’s drainpipe
A BERSERK foreign man believed to be high on drugs was rescued after crawling naked in a large drainpipe behind a condo in Bangkok and sent to a hospital, Amarin TV said today (July 14). A police team from Bang Khun Thian station went to investigate after the juristic person of this condominium on
Read moreDon’t allow US to set up a base here in exchange for tariff cut: Ex-official
THE government was urged to not try to get the US to reduce the 36 percent tariff on Thai goods which President Donald Trump is imposing on August 1 by allowing the superpower to set up a base in the country, Naewna newspaper said this morning (July 14). Mr. Nantiwat Samart, former secretary to
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