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Thailand 'neutral' in Myanmar conflict
Reuters, Published on 09/04/2024
» Thailand remains neutral in the Myanmar conflict and is able to accept up to 100,000 people displaced by the turmoil, Foreign Affairs Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara said on Tuesday.
150 Rohingya stranded on leaking boat off Ranong
Reuters, Published on 07/12/2022
» At least 150 ethnic Rohingya people are stranded at sea off Thailand after their boat broke down, activists said on Wednesday, adding that several may have died and urging authorities to rescue the survivors.
Myanmar army launches air strikes against rebels near Thai border
Reuters, Published on 11/04/2022
» Myanmar's military conducted air strikes on Sunday targeting ethnic rebels in Karen state, as fresh fighting broke out for control of the town of Lay Kay Kaw near the Thai border, according to a spokesman at the rebel group and media reports.
Study finds Chinese dams held back Mekong waters
Reuters, Published on 13/04/2020
» China's Mekong River dams held back large amounts of water during a damaging drought in downstream countries last year despite China having higher-than-average water levels upstream, a US research company said in a study.
Thais urged to drop charges over rape complaint posts
Reuters, Published on 07/09/2018
» Human Rights Watch on Friday urged Thai authorities to drop legal cases against 12 people arrested over Facebook posts they shared about a British tourist's complaint that she had been raped on a holiday island.
Facebook losing the war on Myanmar hate speech
Reuters, Published on 16/08/2018
» YANGON: In April, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told US senators that the social media site was hiring dozens more Burmese speakers to review hate speech posted in Myanmar. The situation was dire.
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.
Thai coral reefs literally 'sick of plastic'
Reuters, Published on 26/01/2018
» OSLO: Billions of bits of plastic waste are entangled in corals and sickening reefs from Thailand to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, scientists said on Thursday.
Arrested Myanmar reporter's friends pour out hearts on social media
Reuters, Published on 04/01/2018
» YANGON: Ever since Reuters Myanmar reporter Wa Lone was arrested on Dec 12 on suspicion of violating the Official Secrets Act, friends and former colleagues have poured out their hearts and expressed hopes for his release on social media.
Myanmar's opium crop plummets while meth stalks SE Asia
Reuters, Published on 06/12/2017
» A "dramatic" drop in opium cultivation in Myanmar underscored a regional boom in demand for illegal synthetic drugs such as methamphetamine, which many Asian countries are struggling to combat, a senior UN official said on Wednesday.