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Furtive crossers
News, Published on 21/11/2021
» The easing of the Covid-19 pandemic has sent demand for migrant workers resurging and "MoU-centric" labour imports are back on the table.
How two young reporters shook Myanmar
Reuters, Published on 09/08/2018
» YANGON: Late in the afternoon of Dec 12 last year, Wa Lone's cell phone rang. It was a man named Naing Lin, a lance corporal in Myanmar's 8th Security Police Battalion.
Five-nation meeting plays to diverse strengths
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 15/06/2018
» 'Growing together" is the government's key goal under the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (Acmecs) framework, says Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.
Mekong region sees airports as the way forward
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 08/11/2017
» Tourism and aviation analysts are discussing methods to deliver dynamic growth to the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), which is home to more than 20 airlines and serves more than 250 million travellers a year.
The heat is on
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 27/11/2016
» The natural landscape of Southeast Asia has suffered a slew of losses in recent years. As El Nino disrupts world weather patterns, and the region recovers from its worst droughts in decades, Thailand has lost 6.1 million tonnes of agricultural products. That's 15.5 billion baht in gains gone between January 2015 and April 2016.
In fear ofbeing forgotten
Spectrum, Phil Thornton, Published on 21/08/2016
» Monsoon rains drench the cluster of small bamboo huts clinging to the sides of the Salween River bank that separates Thailand from Myanmar. The 475 leaf-roofed huts are home to 3,356 Karen people that make up the displaced community known as Ei Tu Hta.
Medicine monk
Spectrum, Phil Thornton, Published on 27/12/2015
» The muscular arm of a saffron-clad monk, propped against the wall of a bamboo hut, draws air pictures to illustrate why his community is in desperate need of an ambulance.
Yangon's women start to fight sexual harassment
Spectrum, Published on 19/10/2014
» It happens regularly. A woman boards one of Yangon city's crowded buses to start her daily journey to work or school. A man stands behind her and all of a sudden she feels him pressing against her. She is too scared to tell him to stop and the man continues, despite being surrounded by many others on the overcrowded bus.
Bell hunt claims ring hollow
Spectrum, Published on 14/09/2014
» At night, the small wharf near the confluence of the Yangon and Bago rivers is quiet and dark. The team searching for the mythical Dhammazedi Bell is resting, certain in the knowledge it will not be found in the next few hours. But for those looking for an update on the salvage attempt, this is the best time to visit the river.
Mystery rings through the ages
Spectrum, Aung Zaw, Published on 25/05/2014
» ‘Multi-beam Echo Sounding Survey.”