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Introduction - Thailand: | Location - Thailand: | People - Thailand: | Government - Thailand: | Economy - Thailand: | Communications - Thailand: | Transportation - Thailand: | Military - Thailand: | Military branches | Royal Thai Army (RTA), Royal Thai Navy (RTN, includes Royal Thai Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force (Knogtap Agard Thai, RTAF) (2006) | | Military service age and obligation | 21 years of age for compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary military service; males are registered at 18 years of age; 2-year conscript service obligation (2006) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 21-49: 14,903,855
females age 21-49: 15,265,854 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 21-49: 10,396,032
females age 21-49: 11,487,690 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 526,276
females age 21-49: 514,396 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | refugees (country of origin): 116,499 (Burma) (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 1.8% (2005 est.) | | Disputes international | separatist violence in Thailands predominantly Muslim southern provinces prompt border closures and controls with Malaysia to stem terrorist activities; Southeast Asian states have enhanced border surveillance to check the spread of avian flu; talks continue on completion of demarcation with Laos but disputes remain over several islands in the Mekong River; despite continuing border committee talks, Thailand must deal with Karen and other ethnic rebels, refugees, and illegal cross-border activities, and as of 2006, over 116,000 Karen, Hmong, and other refugees and asylum seekers from Burma; Cambodia and Thailand dispute sections of historic boundary with missing boundary markers; Cambodia claims Thai encroachments into Cambodian territory and obstructing access to Preah Vihear temple ruins awarded to Cambodia by ICJ decision in 1962; Thailand is studying the feasibility of jointly constructing the Hatgyi Dam on the Salween river near the border with Burma; in 2004, international environmentalist pressure prompted China to halt construction of 13 dams on the Salween River that flows through China, Burma, and Thailand | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |