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    Foreign Affairs Lead Story News

    Arrest warrant issued for Thailand’s ex-PM in Burma loan trial

    The Thai Supreme Court issues another arrest warrant for fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in the case in which he is accused of malfeasance over the Export-Import Bank of Thailand’s 4 billion baht ($120 million) loan to Burma that favoured his family business.

    Labour Issues Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Fears for ‘stateless’ Burmese workers in Thailand as deadline looms

    Thousands of Muslim migrant workers from Burma risk being fined and deported from Thailand after June 30, under a new law that campaigners say may increase abuse and trafficking.

    Lead Story News Refugees

    Dozens of refugees in Thailand return to Burma

    Over 90 refugees from Burma on Monday returned home from Thailand as part of an official repatriation agreement between the Thai and Burmese governments.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Six Burmese migrant workers killed in Thailand bus crash

    Six migrant workers from Burma were killed when a double-decker bus they were travelling in crashed into a ditch in Thailand, the second fatal accident in as many weeks involving migrants.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    Rohingya refugee boat restocks after storm in southern Thailand

    A boat with Rohingya refugees restocked with essential supplies at an island in southern Thailand on Sunday, authorities said, amid signs that overcrowding in Bangladeshi camps could prompt many others to make similarly perilous sea crossings.

    Human Rights Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Fishermen long for justice as Thailand comes under UN scrutiny

    Thailand’s fishing industry has long been dogged by allegations of abuses. The country is under further international scrutiny this week as a team of UN experts undertake their first visit to examine human rights in a wide range of businesses in Thailand, including the fishing and seafood sectors.

    Labour Issues Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    ‘Progress and persistent abuses’ in Thailand’s fishing industry, says ILO

    Fishermen in Thailand remain at risk of forced labour, and the identity documents and wages of some continue to be withheld, despite pressure from major retailers to clean up the industry, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday.

    Lead Story Military News

    Thailand decorates Burma’s army chief amid Rohingya Crisis

    Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing was granted the Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant.

    Environment Lead Story News

    Thailand, Burma and Laos in tri-nation haze battle plan

    Thailand will cooperate with Burma and Laos in a campaign against forest fires in Thailand’s north later this month as the three countries brace for the approaching summer haze.

    Health Lead Story News

    Thailand battles drug-resistant malaria strains that imperil global campaign

    Once a smuggling stop for Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge guerrillas, a Thai border town finds itself on the frontline of a new battle against drug-resistant strains of malaria that could frustrate global attempts to stamp out the disease.

    Lead Story News

    Family questions suicide as explanation for Burmese maid’s death in Thailand

    A Burmese family asked Thailand’s Crime Suppression Division (CSD) on Tuesday to probe the death of its youngest child at her employer’s house in Ratchaburi province as they have doubts about local police’s suicide report.

    International Relations Lead Story News Rohingya

    Thailand urged to help Rohingya and avert new wave of boatpeople

    Thailand faced mounting calls on Thursday to stop pushing migrants back out to sea amid fears an exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Burma could spark a new wave of boatpeople.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Thailand ‘preparing to receive’ those fleeing Burma violence

    Thailand is preparing to receive people fleeing fighting in Burma and send them back “when they are ready,” the Thai prime minister said on Tuesday, following a series of attacks by Muslim insurgents on Burmese security forces last week.

    Human Trafficking Lead Story News

    Thailand should leave ‘no stone unturned’ after 62 found guilty of trafficking

    More needs to be done to ensure that human traffickers are brought to justice and Rohingya migrants are protected, rights groups said on Thursday, after a trial in which 62 people were convicted of crimes including trafficking and murder.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Burma, Thailand agree to collaborate on migrant worker fiasco

    Thailand and Burma have agreed to set up a joint working committee to solve labour problems arising from confusion over Thailand’s tough new migrant worker rules.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Burmese migrant exodus spreads to southern Thailand

    More than 1,000 Burmese migrants have returned via the Maw Taung border checkpoint in Tenasserim, with perhaps a similar number crossing at Kawthaung, the southernmost port in Burma.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Burmese migrants leave Thailand as police crackdown intensifies

    Acting on a stringent new labour law, Thai police are leading a crackdown on Burmese migrant workers.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Burma, Thailand incinerate $800 million worth of drugs

    Burma remains one of the world’s largest producers of illicit drugs, including opium, heroin and methamphetamines.

    Lead Story Media News Technology & Science

    Thailand plans cyber network scrutiny, law to toughen online monitoring

    Thailand aims to buy software to strengthen the military government’s ability to track online networks and monitor online activity while planning a cyber law that will expand powers to pry into private communications.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Killer doctor deported to Thailand

    Dr Supat, who was found guilty of murder in May 2015, was handed over to Thai immigration authorities amid tight security.

    Foreign Affairs Lead Story News Technology & Science

    Thailand has no immediate plan to suspend Facebook: regulator

    Thailand has no immediate plan to block access to Facebook, the telecoms regulator said on Tuesday, as it expects the social media giant to comply with court orders for the removal of content deemed to threaten national security.

    Labour Issues Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Nearly 200 Burmese workers in Thailand fear deportation over Songkran pay row

    A group of Burmese migrant workers in western Thailand’s Prachuap Khiri Khan province face possible deportation after demanding Songkran holiday wages that they say their employer promised but has not paid out.

    Environment Foreign Affairs Lead Story News

    China’s Silk Road push in Thailand may founder on Mekong row

    China’s plan to blast open more of the Mekong River for bigger cargo ships could founder on a remote outcrop of half-submerged rocks that Thai protesters have vowed to protect against Beijing’s economic expansion in Southeast Asia.

    Infrastructure International Relations Lead Story News

    New Thailand-Burma Friendship Bridge ‘ready in two years’

    The construction of a second Thai­-Burma Friendship Bridge is expected to be completed in two years, Thai Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith says.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Burmese migrants benefit from low-cost housing in Thailand

    An accommodation zone for migrant workers in Thailand, a government project piloted in Samut Sakhon and Ranong, has received positive feedback from Burmese workers who now find themselves in better and more affordable living conditions.

    Lead Story News

    Thailand-Burma link at Three Pagodas Pass reopened

    The Three Pagodas Pass border crossing into Burma through Kanchanaburi has reopened after being temporarily shut following a hostage­taking incident last month.

    Lead Story News Travel & Tourism

    Burma, Thailand push ‘one destination’ tourism cooperation

    Thailand and Burma have vowed to stimulate tourism and raise the number of visitors between the neighbouring nations to 1.5 million by 2020.

    Infrastructure Lead Story News Trade

    Thailand to boost funding for Rangoon-Mae Sot road upgrade

    The Thai government is stepping up efforts to boost the Rangoon-­Mae Sot trade link by approving a 1.8 billion baht ($53 million) budget to help Burma develop part of its road along the transnational route.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Drug smuggler, thought to be Burmese ethnic, shot dead in Thailand

    The unidentified man was found lying dead with a green rucksack on his back containing methamphetamine pills.

    Lead Story Military News

    US to send most senior officer to Thailand since 2014 coup

    The highest ranking US officer to visit Thailand since a 2014 coup will attend the Cobra Gold military exercise next month in what the Thai army hailed on Wednesday as a sign of improving relations.

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