Thailand's Constitutional Court to rule on military draft law validity

8 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 10

The closely watched decision is due Tuesday as tens of thousands of men are conscripted each year under Thailand's decades-old mandatory service system.
Under the annual lottery, men draw black cards for exemption or red cards requiring military duty, a process that remains deeply divisive.
The case tests a powerful institution that, alongside the monarchy, has long shaped Thai politics, even amid heightened nationalism after last year's war with Cambodia.

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