Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest
By Grant Peck, AP and published by Yahoo!News MYANMAR’S detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest, state television announced Thursday night (April 30). Myanmar’s military information office confirmed the news through a text message to the press. Accompanying the announcement was a photo of the 80-year-old […]
Read MoreRare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening ‘the world’s kitchen’
By Anton L. Delgado and Aniruddha Ghosal, AP, and published by Yahoo!News Chiang Saen, Thailand – Perched on the bow of his long-tail fishing boat, 75-year-old Sukjai Yana untangled a handful of small fish from his net, disappointed by his catch and fretting over whether he can sell them. Some days Yana earns nothing: […]
Read MoreMyanmar considering ‘good things’ for detained Aung San Suu Kyi: Thailand
By Reuters – published by CNA and Thai Newsroom MYANMAR’S new president is considering “good things” for detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Thailand’s foreign minister said on Wednesday (April 22), as the country seeks to normalise ties with regional bloc Association of Southeast Asian Nations after five years on the sidelines. The […]
Read MoreSecurity beefed up after Myanmar bomb lands in Thailand
SECURITY has been stepped up at Mae Hong Son’s Mae Sariang district after a Myanmar junta fighter jet dropped a bomb there while bombarding a Karen National Union (KNU) military hospital in Karen province’s Hpapun district on Monday (April 20), Naewna newspaper said this morning (April 22). Mr. Worasak Panthong, Mae Sariang’s district chief, […]
Read MorePanic as Myanmar junta bomb hits Thai territory
AS MYANMAR military mounted airstrikes at Karen National Union (KNU) positions in Karen province’s Hpapun district, opposite Mae Hong Son province, hitting a military hospital, one bomb landed on the Thai side triggering panic among border villagers, PPTVHD36 said today (April 20). At 11 a.m. today Myanmar Air Force scrambled Yak-130 and Mig-29 fighter […]
Read MoreLarge amount of fuel seized in raid on secret warehouse at border
UPON being alerted by residents of Mae Sot district, just opposite Myanmar’s Myawaddy township, that a large fuel truck had parked at a secret location on the bank of Moei river, authorities quickly went there to investigate and were surprised to find that aside from the truck carrying 20,000 litres of diesel more fuel […]
Read MoreMyanmar man held for smuggling oil across the border
AFTER A Myanmar man was caught trying to smuggle oil from Kanchanaburi’s Sangkhlaburi district to Payathonzu border town where there is a dire shortage local officials imposed strict control on sale and storage of fuel, TV Channel 7 said today (Mar. 10). At 9.30 p.m. last night Mr. Suriyasak Mueang-aum, Sangkhlaburi’s district chief, was […]
Read MoreUnderground internet cables linked to scam gangs in Myawaddy found
A RAID on a company located at Mae Sot’s cargo port found underground internet cables feeding signals to scam gangs across the Moei river in Myanmar’s Myawaddy township, Amarin TV said today (Mar. 6). Armed with a search warrant issued by Mae Sot provincial court, Pol. Lt. Col. Trin Leelanuch, head of Cyber Crime […]
Read MoreChinese men held for smuggling drugs in perfume bottles
SOLDIERS and police today (Mar. 5) arrested two Chinese men and their Thai driver at a petrol pump in Kanchanburi province just as they were getting ready to smuggle drugs hidden in luxury perfume bottles to Myanmar, Amarin TV said. Acting on a tipoff that the two Chinese men at a petrol pump in […]
Read MoreFour Myanmar men beat American man to death
AN AMERICAN man was fatally beaten by four Myanmar men in Chom Thong district of Bangkok last evening (Feb. 16) after harassing them for a month to get his former girlfriend to return to him, Amarin TV said. This television station’s news team interviewed one of the eyewitnesses, who is the boss of three […]
Read More