1 - 10 of 418 results for "Shan State army"

  1. 1. learning | 27 Apr 2012

    Shan drug lord arrest across from Chiang Rai

    About crime

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Shan drug lord wanted by China for murder of 13 boat crew members on the Mekong sent to China immediately after arrest in Laos.

  2. 2. learning | 08 Feb 2013

    Shans celebrate National Day

    Easy English news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » Bangkok Post photograph Patipat Janthong crossed into the Shan State of Myanmar to cover National Day celebrations, held openly for the first time since a truce was signed with the Myanmar government.

  3. 3. news | 21 May 2013

    Israeli army denies vehicle destroyed by Syrian fire

    By AFP

    » Israel's army and Syrian forces exchanged fire across the sensitive ceasefire line on the Golan Heights on Tuesday, but the Jewish state denied one of its vehicles had been destroyed.

  4. 4. news | 24 Apr 2013

    Army panel to investigate conscript beatings

    MILITARY

    By Wassana Nanuam, Newspaper section: News

    » An army committee has been set up to look into two cases of physical abuse against conscripts which were posted on YouTube, army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha said yesterday.

  5. 5. news | 26 Mar 2013

    Mid-year army reshuffle announced

    By Wassana Nanuam

    » Lt Gen Preecha Chan-ocha, commander of the 3rd Army Corps and younger brother of army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha, has been appointed commander of the 3rd Army Region in a royal command appointing high-level army officers in...

  6. 6. learning | 24 Mar 2011

    Army chief says 'sorry'

    General news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha has apologised for the army's "lack of understanding and care" that led to large numbers of deaths in the Tak Bai and Krue Se crackdowns in 2004.

  7. 7. learning | 27 Sep 2012

    Army’s blimp may fly soon

    Easy English news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » The army’s 350 million-baht blimp has never been put in service and it costs 25 million baht a year to maintain. Now, the army is about to spend 50 million more baht to finally get it into the air.

  8. 8. news | 19 Apr 2013

    Army conscript hangs himself

    By Online Reporters

    » A young man committed suicide in his home in Suphan Buri province after he was conscripted into the army, police said on Friday.

  9. 9. learning | 09 Feb 2012

    Mekong river patrol: China, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar

    About security

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Boat hijacking by Shan drug gang may be behind killing of 13 Chinese crew last year. Tighter security & joint patrol is the response.

  10. 10. news | 10 May 2013

    Pakistan holds landmark polls under Taliban threat

    By AFP

    » Millions of Pakistanis are expected to brave Taliban threats Saturday to vote in elections that mark a historic democratic transition in the nuclear-armed state ruled for half its life by the army.

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