Royal Thai Army

10 May 2022
The online shopping app LAZADA has become the target of a boycott by the Thai authorities and netizens in protest against their online sales campaign that has been seen as mocking the disabled, with royalists also angry that it somehow defames the monarchy.
11 Oct 2021
The four ultraroyalist hosts from Top News who were sanctioned by pro-democracy protesters and Nation TV last year will host 7 hours a day for Channel 5, the military-owned TV channel, from 3 January 2022. Despite the controversies surrounding them, Kanok Ratwongsakul, Teera Tanyapaibul, Santisuk Marongsri, and Sathaporn Kuasakul said they would work with the Channel 5 team to present themselves with different personae, focusing on delivering impartial and accurate reports.
8 Apr 2021
Despite its Information Operations (IOs) being caught and deleted by Facebook and Twitter , the Royal Thai Army (RTA) insists that soldiers are not allowed to express political views. Soldiers with RTA riot control shields guarding the BTS platform (File Photo)
2 Dec 2020
On 2 December, the Constitutional Court ruled that the occupation of an army house by the former Royal Thai Army commander and now Prime Minister does not constitute a conflict of interest.
27 Nov 2020
This article will explain the relationship between the monarchy and the armed forces in the modern reign in 2 parts: 1) royal government agencies which are directly under royal command; and 2) relations with the armed forces which the King has created through recently developed networks.
12 Oct 2020
Twitter has taken down 926 Thai Twitter accounts which are deemed to be part of a state-linked information operation. The analysis shows that they target opposition parties and pro-democracy movements and try to counter criticism of the military and the government.
21 Jul 2020
A protest at the Royal Thai Army (RTA) Headquarters at Phan Fa Bridge criticized military procurement and a personal comment by Col Nusra Vorapatratorn, a former RTA spokesperson, who called the large protest at the Democracy Monument on 18 July a ‘cute little mob’.
24 Apr 2020
Parents of two victims of the 2010 red-shirt crackdown have submitted a petition to the Army Commander to halt military procurement for 3 years, prohibit officers from benefitting from excessive welfare and income, and contribute more to the state’s efforts to control Covid-19 and meet the public’s needs.
22 Apr 2020
Media reports say that Gen Apirat Kongsompong has postponed a 4,500m baht deal to buy Stryker armoured vehicles from the US amidst public scrutiny of budget spending during the COVID-19 outbreak. Besides the Stryker deal, the Army still has other 5,850m baht of procurements planned. Gen Apirat Kongsompong
14 Aug 2018
A red shirt, who nearly lost his arm during a 2009 attack by the military, has pleaded for leniency after the court confiscated his land and bank account to repay the Royal Thai Army. On 10 August 2018, Sawai Thong-om and his lawyer submitted a petition to Government House asking for exemption from court and attorney’s fees of 212,114 baht in the lawsuit Sawai brought against the Royal Thai Army.
6 Jun 2018
The Chiang Mai court has concluded that the young Lahu activist Chaiyaphum Pasae was killed by army bullets but would not say whether or not he attempted to fight back against the authorities, despite his family’s request. On 6 June 2018, the Chiang Mai Provincial Court ruled on the extrajudicial killing case of Chaiyaphum Pasae, a young ethnic Lahu activist who was shot dead by a soldier on 17 March 2017.
18 Nov 2017
A post mortem has shown that an army conscript died from a chronic illness and not from ill-treatment.  The mother has accepted the finding. Dr Chalita Chumyuang at Songklanagarind Hospital, Prince of Songkhla University, was reported by the Bangkok Post to have found that Adisak Noiphithak, a 21-year-old army private recently conscripted to Thep Satri Si Sunthon Camp in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, died from a chronic illness.

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