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Volunteer Defense Corps (Thailand)

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The Volunteer Defense Corps (กองอาสารักษาดินแดน; abbreviated VDC) is a Thai paramilitary under the authority of the Department Of Provincial Administration, Ministry of Interior. [1]

16 relations: Abbreviation, Anupong Paochinda, Border Patrol Police, Cambodia, Communist Party of Thailand, Extortion, General officer, Insurgency, Internal Security Operations Command, Laos, Malaysia, Ministry of Interior (Thailand), Paramilitary, Royal Thai Armed Forces, South Thailand insurgency, Thailand.

Abbreviation

An abbreviation (from Latin brevis, meaning short) is a shortened form of a word or phrase.

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Anupong Paochinda

General Anupong Paochinda (อนุพงษ์ เผ่าจินดา;; born 10 October 1949) is a Thai retired army officer.

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Border Patrol Police

The Border Patrol Police (ตำรวจตระเวนชายแดน); abbreviated BPP) is a Thai paramilitary under the jurisdiction of the Royal Thai Police, responsible for border security and counter-insurgency.

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Cambodia

Cambodia (កម្ពុជា, or Kampuchea:, Cambodge), officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia (ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា, prĕəh riəciənaacak kampuciə,; Royaume du Cambodge), is a sovereign state located in the southern portion of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia.

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Communist Party of Thailand

The Communist Party of Thailand (พรรคคอมมิวนิสต์แห่งประเทศไทย; abbreviated CPT) was a communist party in Thailand active from 1942 until the 1990s.

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Extortion

Extortion (also called shakedown, outwrestling and exaction) is a criminal offense of obtaining money, property, or services from an individual or institution, through coercion.

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General officer

A general officer is an officer of high rank in the army, and in some nations' air forces or marines.

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Insurgency

An insurgency is a rebellion against authority (for example, an authority recognized as such by the United Nations) when those taking part in the rebellion are not recognized as belligerents (lawful combatants).

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Internal Security Operations Command

The Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) (กองอำนวยการรักษาความมั่นคงภายในราชอาณาจักร) or ISOC (กอ.รมน.) is the political arm of the Thai military.

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Laos

Laos (ລາວ,, Lāo; Laos), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao; République démocratique populaire lao), commonly referred to by its colloquial name of Muang Lao (Lao: ເມືອງລາວ, Muang Lao), is a landlocked country in the heart of the Indochinese peninsula of Mainland Southeast Asia, bordered by Myanmar (Burma) and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southwest and Thailand to the west and southwest.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia.

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Ministry of Interior (Thailand)

The Ministry of Interior of the Kingdom of Thailand (กระทรวงมหาดไทย;; Abrv: MOI) is a cabinet-level department in the Government of Thailand.

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Paramilitary

A paramilitary is a semi-militarized force whose organizational structure, tactics, training, subculture, and (often) function are similar to those of a professional military, but which is not included as part of a state's formal armed forces.

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Royal Thai Armed Forces

The Royal Thai Armed Forces (กองทัพไทย) is the name of the military of the Kingdom of Thailand.

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South Thailand insurgency

The South Thailand insurgency (ความไม่สงบในชายแดนภาคใต้ของประเทศไทย; Pemberontakan di Selatan Thailand) is an ongoing conflict centered in southern Thailand.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a unitary state at the center of the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula composed of 76 provinces.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_Defense_Corps_(Thailand)

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