Military conscription law in Cambodia has once again come under global media attention after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet stated that the Cabinet had approved a draft conscription law at the Peace Palace on 23 April 2026. All Cambodian citizens aged 18–25 will be required to serve in the military, while women may be recruited on a voluntary basis under the new law. A Thai activist calls it a threat to democracy.

The Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday (12 May) that Sections 27 and 45 of the Military Service Act do not violate the Constitution, after a petition was filed by the Samut Prakan District Court on a request from activist and conscientious objector Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal.

The Designers of Mountain and Water: Alternative Landscapes for a Changing Climate at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design features the Chulalongkorn University Centenary Park in Bangkok as a model of climate resilence. Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal and Phumiyot Lapnarongchai write, however, that the narrative leaves out the lived experience of the local community in Sam Yan, who faces displacement due to development projects.

The trial has begun of activist and conscientious objector Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, charged with draft evasion for refusing to take part in military conscription as an act of protest against compulsory military service. At the end of witness examination, Netiwit requested that the Samut Prakan District Court petition the Constitutional Court to rule whether the Military Service Act is unconstitutional.

Activist and conscientious objector Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal has been indicted for draft evasion for protesting military conscription by refusing to participate in the draft in April 2024.

The Saphan Lueang Mazu Shrine, a Chinese shrine in Bangkok’s Sam Yan neighbourhood, has won an award from the Association of Siamese Architects (ASA) for architectural conservation. Meanwhile, it has been reported that the shrine's caretakers continue to be pressured to vacate the property.

Activist and conscientious objector Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal has been charged with draft evasion after he refused to participate in the military conscription process.

The Last Breath of Sam Yan, a documentary about an effort by students and residents in Bangkok’s Sam Yan neighbourhood to protect a Chinese shrine from demolition, has won a Suphannahong National Film Award for best documentary of 2023.

In an act of civil disobedience, student activist and conscientious objector Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal went to a military conscription centre in Samut Prakan’s Bang Pu District and announced that he will not participate in the conscription process.

<p>Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal may sit as a member of Amnesty International Thailand&#39;s Board of Directors, three years after his term expired, as the justifications given by the authorities to prevent him from doing so were invalid, the Administrative Court has ruled.</p>

<p>Samyan Press, a publishing house run by Chulalongkorn University students, said last week that its staff&nbsp;was&nbsp;approached by a Chinese businessman who tried to bribe them into closing their business in order to improve the businessman&rsquo;s relations with the Chinese authorities.</p>

<p>On 18 February, Chulalongkorn University (CU) vice rector Chaiyaporn Puprasert issued a letter announcing disciplinary action against Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal and Pitchakorn Roeksomphong, the president and first vice president of the CU student government. &nbsp;The action included removing Netiwit office.</p>