Populist measures can lead to crisis while investing in Myanmar risky: Anusorn
RECKLESSLY implementing populist measures could lead to Thailand being hit by a sovereign debt crisis as faced by some Latin American countries in the 1990s and Greece, Spain, and Italy during 2009-2010 while promoting investment in Myanmar may seriously endanger Thai capital and businesses venturing forth, Dr. Anusorn Thammajai, a People’s MP who staged […]
Read More19 university student groups jointly protest Myanmar leader’s visit to Thailand
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NINETEEN student groups at three major universities today (Aug.7) aired a concerted protest against Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing’s official visit to Thailand welcomed by the Bhumjaithai-led government. The 19 students groups attached to Chulalongkorn University, Thammasat University and Kasetsart University issued the joint statement to strongly denounce the Myanmar’s […]
Read MoreMyanmar leader calls on Thai businesses to invest in his country
MYANMAR President Min Aung Hlaing urged Thai businesses to invest in his country assuring them of legal protection while highlighting development of deep-sea shipping at Dawei Port as a gateway to South Asia, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Aug. 6). Speaking at Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre as co-chair of Thailand-Myanmar Business Forum 2026 […]
Read MoreBorder trade turns positive growing by 3.9% in June
THAILAND’S border trade registered a growth of 3.9 percent for the first time in 13 months in June driven by trade with Malaysia and Laos but the figure for Cambodia remained zero as all border checkpoints are stll shut, PPTVHD36 said today (Aug. 6). Ms. Arada Fuengthong, director-general of the Department of International Trade, […]
Read MoreMyanmar president visits Thailand on quest for legitimacy as Bangkok backs engagement
By Panu Wongcha-um, Reuters, and published by Yahoo!News MYANMAR’S junta chief turned President Min Aung Hlaing will make an official visit to Thailand today (Aug. 6), as Bangkok makes a push for re-engagement between its war-torn neighbour and the regional bloc Asean. Myanmar’s leaders have been barred from summits of the Association of Southeast […]
Read MoreDetained Suu Kyi meets Red Cross official in Myanmar: president office
By AFP and published by Yahoo!News MYANMAR’S detained democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with the nation’s Red Cross representative today (Aug. 3), the president’s office said, the first publicised meeting between her and a foreign official since she was ousted in a 2021 coup. The military deposed Suu Kyi in February 2021, […]
Read More11 illegal workers arrested in Pattaya crackdown
A CRACKDOWN on illegal employment at Pattaya’s Walking Street led to the arrest of 11 foreigners working here without permits, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (July 19). Mr. Sekasit Sawanyathipati, deputy director-general of the Labour Ministry’s Department of Employment and head of the Centre for the Prevention and Suppression of Illegal Labour, led […]
Read MoreAnutin invites Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing to visit Thailand
THAI Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul invited Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing to visit the country during a meeting with visiting Myanmar Foreign Minister Tin Maung Swe this afternoon (July 14), Amarin TV said this evening. Ms. Rachada Thanadirek, spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office, said Anutin reiterated to the Myanmar minister during his courtesy […]
Read MoreUpdate – Myanmar man wanted for brutally murdering girlfriend nabbed in Yangon
MYANMAR police have apprehended one of their citizens who brutally murdered and dismembered his girlfriend at a flat in Bangkok and then fled across the border at Yangon (Rangoon) today (June 13), Amarin TV said this evening. After an arrest warrant was issued for Mr. Aung Pyae, 36, Thai police had contacted their Myanmar […]
Read MoreArrest warrant issued for Myanmar man who brutally killed girlfriend and fled
AN ARREST warrant has been issued for a Myanmar man charged with brutally murdering and dismembering his girlfriend, whose body parts were found stuffed in a plastic box at an apartment in Bangkok and has now fled to his home country, Amarin TV said today (June 13). Pol. Col. Sakya Saengwan, deputy commander of […]
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