Police General Roy transferred from police post to be new NSC chief

Toyota Corolla Altis Police car in Thailand
Toyota Corolla Altis Police car in Thailand. Photo: Thai Police Vehicles / flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0.

Deputy police chief Roy Inkhapairote has been appointed as the new National Security Council (NSC) secretary-general following a royal endorsement. Police chief Torsak and his [Read More…]

General Torsak Sukvimol Appointed as New Top Cop in Thailand

Royal Thai Police headquarters, Pathum Wan District, Bangkok
Royal Thai Police headquarters, Pathum Wan District, Bangkok. Photo: Chainwit. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Police General Torsak Sukvimol has officially been appointed as the 14th Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police. Royal Thai Police Eying Changing Traffic Police Uniforms [Read More…]

Cobra Gold 2022 Starts

COBRA GOLD 2001 exercises
Soldiers from Charlie Company 2-1 Infantry, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, instruct the Thai Military Forces during a platoon battle drill attack as a part of COBRA GOLD exercises. Photo: SRA LESLIE LAWRENCE, USAF.

BANGKOK, Feb 23 (TNA) – Thai and United States armed forces started their Cobra Gold 2022 military exercise to promote good military ties among friendly [Read More…]

Army chief dismisses chance of another military coup as “negative probability”

Soldiers at Chiang Mai's Thaphae Gate during the 2014 coup
Soldiers at Chiang Mai's Thaphae Gate during the 2014 coup. Photo: Takeaway.

Army Commander-in-Chief General Narongphan Chitkaewtae has dismissed the chance of a military coup in Thailand as a “minus” possibility, saying that he believes the country [Read More…]

International media report death of statesman Prem Tinsulanonda

General Prem Tinsulanonda president of the Privy Council of Thailand
General Prem Tinsulanonda president of the Privy Council of Thailand. Photo: Government of Thailand.

Recognized as one of Thailand’s most influential political figures, Gen Prem Tinsulanonda’s death was reported worldwide. Singapore’s Straits Times said, “Born in the southern Songkhla [Read More…]

It is official: General Apirat Kongsompong is new army chief

Maj. Gen. Mark Stammer (right), I Corps deputy commanding general, greets Royal Thai Army Lt. Gen. Apirat Kongsompong, First Army Area commander in Thailand
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash - Maj. Gen. Mark Stammer (right), I Corps deputy commanding general, greets Royal Thai Army Lt. Gen. Apirat Kongsompong, First Army Area commander in Thailand, after a ride in a Stryker vehicle at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Mar. 8, 2017. Photo By: Staff Sgt. Bryan Michael Dominique (I Corps) / US INDOPACOM.

His Majesty the King has approved the annual reshuffle of the three armed forces involving altogether 935 officers with General Apirat Kongsompong, assistant army commander-in-chief, [Read More…]

Army chief says crack down on mafias will be indefinite

Royal Thai Army Unimog parked outside Nation Tower on Bang Na-Trad Highway following the 2006 Thailand coup
Royal Thai Army Unimog parked outside Nation Tower on Bang Na-Trad Highway following the 2006 Thailand coup. Photo: Curtis Winston.

Army commander-in-chief Gen Thirachai Narkwanich announced today the crackdown on influential people or mafias will continue indefinitely nationwide until they all be eliminated from the [Read More…]