Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on February 18 raised his voice to defend the junta’s 7 billion USD defence budget and annual call-up after political opponents proposed slashing military spending by 10 percent and ending conscription after the next election.
The Philippines agreed a deal to buy two naval ships worth a total 337 million USD with a shipbuilding corporation of the Republic of Korea on October 25.
Indonesia’s defence budget in 2017 is likely to be much lower than proposed by the government despite plans to establish military bases in Natuna, Riau Islands.
Indonesia has decided to increase its defence budget to 108.7 trillion IDR (8.25 billion USD), up nearly 10 percent against this year’s initial set budget.
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