Thailand military

Paul Chambers of Naresuan University, a leading academic authority on the Thai military, has been deemed a flight risk and imprisoned pending trial.

The Royal Thai Army has accused Paul Chambers, a lecturer at Naresuan University in Phitsanulok, of violating the lese-majeste law and Computer Crime Act.

Thailand continues to experience the backwash from the internal ructions in Myanmar.

The force has plans to rename itself the Royal Thai Air and Space Force, a recognition of the growing significance of the space domain.

The advocacy group Fortify Rights said that Thai soldiers were responsible for the torture and killing of Aung Ko Ko, 37, in January.

The country has two parallel systems of justice: one for the rich and well-connected, and another for everyone else.

A second case has been opened in relation to the Tak Bai massacre, in which 85 Malay Muslims were killed by Thai security forces.

A Thai court has accepted a case against officials for their role in the 2004 massacre in the country's Deep South – but justice is far from assured.

The return to prominence of the divisive Shinawatra clan has helped create a more conducive environment for progressive change – especially in the capital, Bangkok.

The Constitutional Court is set to hand down its ruling in a case that could result in the dissolution of the party, which won the most votes in last year's election.

The region is home to a thriving and massively profitable black market trade in small arms, many of them sourced from official military stockpiles.

Unlike like most past defense chiefs, Sutin Klungsang is a civilian politician with virtually no experience in security matters.