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At least 17 people were killed when a Philippines Air Force plane carrying troops crashed on landing in the south of the country and broke up in flames on Sunday.

A trainee Royal Thai Air Force (RTA) officer has smashed the record for push-ups at the international Joint Chiefs of Staff Course in Russia.

The annual “Cobra Gold” Thailand-US military training exercise will be adjusted down in terms of participating personnel and types of drills, military commander-in-chief General Chalermpol Srisawat said on Wednesday.

Thai military officers on Saturday sent 380 refugees back to their homeland across the Moei River in Mae Sot district of Tak province following three days of a ceasefire between the Karen and Myanmar military in the Ban Pha Lu Noi area.

Military officers in the deep South Narathiwat province are patrolling natural borders to ensure that people from Malaysia cannot sneak into the country illegally, as well as to contain the spread of Covid-19.

China resolutely opposes the United States military intensifying surveillance and activities near Chinas maritime and air space, which threatens peace and stability in the region, a Ministry of National Defense spokesman said on Thursday.

Myanmar's ruling military on Friday said it believed government operations would soon return to normal, as public participation in protests and strikes against the junta was waning.

The Office of Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services announced on March 31 that the military will be ceasing all military operations until April 30.

BEIJING - Never seeking hegemony, expansion or spheres of influence remains the distinctive feature of China's national defense in the new era, said a spokesperson with China's Ministry of National Defense on Monday.

Facebook banned accounts for the military of Myanmar and its related media entities on Wednesday night, citing its "history of exceptionally severe human rights abuses" and potential to use social media to pursue new rounds of violence following a coup this month.

The Thai military has announced a major overhaul of its forces aimed at cutting the number of high-ranking officers.

South Korea is in the final stage of assembling a prototype of what would be the country's first indigenously developed fighter jet, which is expected to be unveiled in April, officials said Sunday.