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Thai military leader, South Korean defense officials discuss military cooperation

May 9, 2016
Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) chairman Gen. Lee Sun-jin (L) and Thai Chief of Defense Forces Sommai Kaotira (R) inspect an honor guard before their talks at the JCS building in central Seoul on May 9, 2016. (Yonhap)

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) chairman Gen. Lee Sun-jin (L) and Thai Chief of Defense Forces Sommai Kaotira (R) inspect an honor guard before their talks at the JCS building in central Seoul on May 9, 2016. (Yonhap)

SEOUL (Yonhap) — Thailand’s military leader has met with senior South Korean defense officials in Seoul to discuss ways to bolster bilateral military cooperation, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Monday.

Thai Chief of Defense Forces Sommai Kaotira met with South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo and JCS chairman Gen. Lee Sun-jin for separate talks, which Seoul officials say served as an opportunity to further strengthen the two countries’ military exchanges and cooperation in the defense industry.

The Thai defense chief arrived on Monday for a three-day visit during which he is scheduled to tour the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom near the heavily fortified border and the South Korean Army’s 1st Corps.

Thailand is one of the countries that fought under the U.N. banner in support of South Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War. It sent some 6,300 troops to the peninsula during the first major armed conflict of the Cold War.