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A 23-year-old soldier in Udon Thani was caught on Monday red-handed as he was trying to sell off one of the two gold necklaces worth 127,400 baht that he had allegedly snatched.

Veterans and elderly former soldiers from all branches of the Royal Thai Armed Forces participate in the annual event to commemorate Veterans Day at Victory Monument on Thursday.

As many as 10,915 people enlisted as soldiers between December 1 and January 31 now that the Royal Thai Army has started accepting applications online, Army chief General Narongphan Jitkaewtae said on Monday.

Two soldiers patrolling the Doi Monta hill in Tak’s Mae Sot district slipped and fell more than a kilometre down a cliffside on Friday night. One soldier was killed immediately while the other sustained serious injuries to his leg.

Two men were arrested in the wee hours of Saturday morning as they were trying to smuggle 23 Myanmar nationals into Thailand via the Mae Ramat checkpoint in Tak province.

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.