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The Royal Thai Army expressed condolences to the family of a soldier who died in South Sudan last week.

Army Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, was the last service member with feet planted on Afghan soil.

Bangkok authorities are cooperating with soldiers and police to ensure workers in construction camps comply with measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 and do not venture out.

Police have identified and tracked down the man wanted for killing a patient in Pathum Thani’s Thanyarak Hospital in the early hours of Thursday.

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan opened up on his Vietnam War experience in a rare walk down memory lane during an exclusive interview to Nation TV.

Covid-19 has prevented officials from holding a remembrance ceremony at Victory Monument on the occasion of Veterans’ Day, or February 3 each year.

A soldier apologised after his clip of troops manoeuvring weapons with controversial captions gave rise to an uproar on social media.

The 189 soldiers sent to the United States in July to participate in the “Lightning Forge 2020” military training session arrived in Thailand on Monday and are observing the 14-day mandatory quarantine.

Two suspected southern insurgents allegedly involved in the bombing in Pattani’s Nongjik district on Thursday (August 13), which killed one Army bodyguard for local teachers, were killed in a shootout, Maj-General Pramote Phrom-in, chief of staff of the Fourth Army Area and spokesman of Internal Security Operations Command of Fourth Army Area, said on Friday.

More than 600 fans who attended a luk thung concert last month have been summoned for Covid-19 tests after photos of the event revealed a packed-out venue and few people wearing masks. Separately, more than 100 American soldiers visiting Thailand for a military exercise have been tested following a Covid-19 outbreak at their base in Okinawa.

Six of the 150 soldiers who returned on Wednesday (July 22) from military manoeuvres in Hawaii have reportedly tested positive for Covid-19.

The Royal Thai Army launched its annual drafting campaign on Thursday (July 23) under the “new normal”, with measures in place to protect officials and draftees.