By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE indebted to loan sharks has now surpassed 100,000 over a three-week period, confirmed the Ministry of Interior’s undersecretary Sutthipong Chulcharoen today (Dec.21). A total of 105,482 people have so far claimed with the authorities to have a combined sum of 6.57 billion baht in illicit, informal
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Key Asean members to skip Thai-hosted Myanmar talks amid criticism
By Reuters and published by CNA THAILAND’S caretaker government was preparing to host talks with the foreign minister of Myanmar’s military junta on Monday (June 19), a day later than planned, as key Southeast Asian nations signalled they would stay away from the divisive meeting. Bangkok has been pushing to reengage with Myanmar’s generals
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