The Defence Council has declared its own plan to reconfigure the armed forces in response to the Move Forward Party (MFP) pressing for military reform.
The issue of compulsory military service has gained national attention in the lead-up to the May 14 polls, with several parties pledging to end it in favour of voluntary enlistment if elected as the next government.
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Two more bodies of missing sailors from the capsized HTMS Sukhothai have been found and retrieved, navy spokesman Adm Pokkrong Monthatpalin said on Tuesday.
The state of emergency in the deep South will be extended for another three months, according to Gen Kongcheep Tantravanich, spokesman for Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon.