With better welfare drawing 45,000 volunteers, Thai military will draft 40,000
TUESDAY, APRIL 02, 2024
The Defence Ministry boasted on Tuesday that its focus on welfare for new military recruits is encouraging more young men to voluntarily join or remain in the military this year.
Conscription necessary if voluntary enlistment falls short: top official
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2024
The top official at the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that the armed forces would still have to recruit new soldiers, either through conscription or voluntary applications.
All able-bodied men in South Korea must serve in the military for about two years. A reminder that the 1950-53 Korean War ended in a cease-fire, not a peace treaty, the constitutional duty has rarely invited questions about whether soldiers are duly compensated for their service.
Slight drop in military conscripts testing positive for drugs
THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018
A total of 12,209 men who showed up for military conscription draws tested positive for drug use, of whom 7,174 have been admitted to rehabilitation programmes (2,146 in hospitals and 5,028 in boot camps), Sirinya Sitthichai, secretary-general of the Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), said on Thursday.
The Army Commander-in-Chief on Monday apologised to Thais and expressed regret to the family of a conscript who died in hospital following his fatal torture at a military base in Surat Thani province.