Conscription should be replaced by the economic benefits of voluntary enlistment, said the Pheu Thai Party's prime ministerial candidate Srettha Thavisin on Tuesday.
The navy has been quick to reject as untrue a post on social media suggesting the pilot of the helicopter that caused an incident during a National Children's Day event in Chanthaburi province was drunk.
The navy apologised for an incident that injured eight people – mostly children – when a helicopter flew above marquee tents, causing them to collapse onto a crowd in Chanthaburi province on Saturday.
CHANTHABURI: The navy apologised for an incident that injured eight people – mostly children – when a helicopter flew above marquee tents, causing them to collapse onto a crowd in Chanthaburi prov
The Royal Thai Navy plans to salvage the sunken HTMS Sukhothai using a budget of around 100 million baht as it still searches for the last five missing crew members.