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China and Thailand reached an agreement “in principle” to either build two unspecified patrol vessels or a frigate for the Royal Thai Navy (TRN) instead of a Yuan-class submarine. The information, from a TRN source, said that both countries agreed to the potential deal during Thai Defense Minister Sutin Klungsang's recent visit to China. During the visit, China accepted “Thailand’s...

The former leader of the dissolved Thai political party Future Forward Party (FFP), Thanakorn Juangroongruangkit, urged members of the Move Forward Party (MFP) to be prepared to join MFP's successor party because its dissolution "is inevitable." He also said the MFP leadership should continue to work to support the remaining members in Parliament even when they are banned from...

Thai Prime Minister (PM) Srettha Thavisin called for senior Royal Thai Police (RTP) commanders to show "unity in the police force" during a meeting at the RTP headquarters in Bangkok. Srettha held the meeting after he transferred RTP chief General Torsak Sukvimol and deputy chief General Surachate Hakparn to the PM's Office on March 20th. The PM asked the commanders...

A Thai House of Representatives' special committee assigned to review the 2024 budget rejected the Royal Thai Navy's (RTN) request of $48.1 million USD (1.7 billion Baht) to acquire a new frigate. The committee approved a separate $2.5 million USD (87.1 million Baht) funding requirement from the RTN's suggested budget to construct a runway and taxiway within the U-Tapao International...

The Royal Thai Embassy in Tel Aviv sent out a report stating seven workers from Thailand were injured and one person of an unidentified nationality killed when a missile struck near the Israel-Lebanon border on March 4th. Further details elaborated on the matter, saying two Thai workers sustained critical injuries, four were moderately injured, and the remaining were only slightly...